#WW1Olympians: Jimmy Duffy competed in the Marathon for Canada at the 1912 Games placing 5th. In WW1, he served in the 16th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was killed charging an enemy position on 23 April 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres. #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/oEBwaa3FEe — Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) (@PikeGrey1418) July […]
Panorama of the Messines Ridge, from early in the war, February 1915 by Captain F R Woollcombe RGA, from the 13 Brigade War Diary. pic.twitter.com/WRnTe2mKy2 — David Blanchard (@Blanch6144) July 29, 2021 RT @Blanch6144: Panorama of the Messines Ridge, from early in the war, February 1915 by Captain F R Woollcombe RGA, from the 13 […]
@WW1TheGreatWar @tWW1tter saw this. It’s village Saswad near Pune, Maharashtra, India. pic.twitter.com/PcK3TAvLcJ — Abhishek Jagdale (@CSABHI84) July 17, 2021 RT @CSABHI84: @WW1TheGreatWar @tWW1tter saw this. It’s village Saswad near Pune, Maharashtra, India. https://t.co/PcK3TAvLcJ
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The latest Gallipoli Association Zoom talk is now available on our YouTube channel. The Welsh at Gallipoli by Anne Pedleyhttps://t.co/ooqzh4f9jXPlease subscribe to our channel.#Gallipoli #Wales #fww pic.twitter.com/RNjODC2406 — Gallipoli Association (@Gallipoli100) July 28, 2021 RT @Gallipoli100: The latest Gallipoli Association Zoom talk is now available on our YouTube channel. The Welsh at Gallipoli by Anne […]
#WW1Olympians: Henri Decoin competed in the 400m freestyle swimming event at the 1908 Games and was on the French water polo team in 1912. In WW1, he was a pilot in the French Air Force, was highly decorated and wounded several times. He later became a film director. #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/ebhnuZnbNz — Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey […]
Ernest Hemingway was born on 21st July 1899. Rejected by the U.S. Army due to poor eyesight In December 1917 Ernest responded to a Red Cross recruitment effort and signed on as an ambulance driver in Italy — Lucy London (@LucyLondon7) July 21, 2021 RT @LucyLondon7: Ernest Hemingway was born on 21st July 1899. Rejected […]
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#Somme105: Herbécourt, the rear view of a German Battery location showing the baskets the shells were brought up in. #WW1 #1GM #Somme pic.twitter.com/MO1NmnBGFM — Paul Reed (@sommecourt) July 20, 2021 RT @sommecourt: #Somme105: Herbécourt, the rear view of a German Battery location showing the baskets the shells were brought up in. #WW1 #…