Roger Mason

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@ThisDayInWWI @colour_history The action was at Colincamps. They travelled through Mailly-Maillet to get there.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@MagnaAulae You missed the point. CCF subaltern to Group Captain is quite a promotion and was done to give him clout at SHAEF HQ. The War and Victory Medals are the least a Group Captain would be expected to have, and also displaying a Civilian OBE might provoke awkward questions.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@MagnaAulae @Taff_Gillingham He was born 30/1/1900 so GW service is questionable. Both the Civilian OBE and emergency commission were gazetted. I suspect that a Group Captain without GW medals might have spoiled the subterfuge. Pls see attached from George Heriot's School.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@WW2Talk @Taff_Gillingham On the dust jacket of Blood, Sweat and Arrogance, he described his hobbies as Gurkhas, horses, the Times crossword, pricking the pompous and long lunches - what's not to like.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

EA pension fund polluting for profit.

Following yesterday's huge victory for @WindrushWasp, forcing Environment Agency senior managers to disclose any investments they have in water companies I was reminded of this.

Right now the EA pension fund has invested £35,788,692 in 9 different water companies.

Oh yes the EA pension fund itself polluting for profit.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@kreuzberged Her second husband was a distant relative of Erich von Falkenheyn.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@JohnNicholRAF @honeymoon250 What's a boombox?

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

22° Lunar Halo in Cambridgeshire tonight.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@robert_lyman @KingsCollegeLon I believe that @KingsCollegeLon has only ever been a constituent college of the University of London.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@Taff_Gillingham Doh! I need a holiday. The Prince of Wales's Volunteers - I knew that as they're Matt Colley's grandfather's regiment. I can only guess that he borrowed a cap for the photo.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Carl Sagan was prescient.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@robert_lyman Forget the TV 'experts' it looks as though the Sagaing Fault has moved. Any news from the north? No mention of an 80th anniversary in the media.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@militaryhistori I remember what must have been the Buchons arriving at Cambridge Airport probably early summer 1968. They performed a high speed low level pass down the runway before joining the circuit and landing. I suspect they were there overnight for customs clearance.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@imperialcollege @wadhamoxford Who knew Thomas Hardy was linked to cliffhanger?

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@Britwarmemorial There were two 6th North Staffs battalions. The first line battalion served in 46 Div with the second line battalion in 59 Div. Any more information about this memorial would be received gratefully.

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@dizzernp @Taff_Gillingham 1 Northants obviously thought that might be a little excessive.
https://t.co/5bwYcGCIMJ

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@Taff_Gillingham From Brett-James's Imphal, "A new arrival in the company rashly said to Kelly: 'Did you hit him, Sergeant?' 'What the bloody hell do you think I've been looking at all this time for? Do you think I'm going to have a bloody flag?'

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@GreatWarHuts @ypreswoman I believe you have several rabbit warrens' worth there. https://t.co/G3TB35YCdE Munitions E?

[Roger Mason @pseudopodium]

@greenarteries @ACarpenDigital @jonathan_gblt @cam_friends @camvalleyforum Have a look on LinkedIn. I don't know how a Durham PPE qualifies anyone to advise the Prime Minister on energy and environment.