Great Grandson of Henry York, Barnsley Pals, Killed in Action at Serre 1st July 1916.
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It is now 37 years ago that the last episode of #Blackadder Goes Forth was screened. This TV gold concluded 3 hrs of unmatched of comedy to many of us. But there was a deeper message throughout encapsulated in this moving final scene.
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In this episode we visit the Arras battlefield and discover the story of a cavalry attack in April 1917 at Monchy Le Preux. We tell the story through the eyes of the men who were there, including 1 man who was saved by his horse. #WW1
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This episode is now available for download and is an incredible interview with @SimonVerdegem
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… – at Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France
Next week’s episode should not be missed. Archaeologist @SimonVerdegem talks about how he discovered the remains of Captain Henry Walker on the #ypres battlefield, 101 years after his death. Now buried @CWGC New Irish Farm Cemetery. Subscribe here:
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This week we travel to #Passchendaele and discover previously untold stories about 2 boys from the opposite ends of the world. Neil Newsum was a bespectacled student from Lincoln and Herbert Harris was from New Zealand. What became of them? #WW1 #Ypres
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Battle of Albert. Troops of the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (5th Division) advancing in artillery formation parallel to the Bucquoy - Achiet-le-Petit road to capture Achiet, 21 August 1918. IWM (Q 11504)
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24 Aug 1914: British #Captain Robert Campbell is captured during World War I. He wrote to German #Kaiser Wilhelm asking if he could see his dying mother back in England. He agreed if Campbell would return to the prisoner of war camp, which he did. #History #OTD #HistoryMatters #ad amzn.to/2XNboqF
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On 1 September 1914, this gun helped stop a German cavalry division from breaking into the retreating British Army at Néry. I am in awe that it kept firing for two and a half hours after every other gun in its battery was knocked out.
At the end, only Captain Edward Bradbury, Battery Sergeant Major George Dorrell and Sergeant David Nelson were left serving it. Nelson stayed after he was badly wounded and ordered into cover. Bradbury was mortally hit bringing ammunition.
I feel fierce pride looking at its shell-broken muzzle (and heartbreak at what it cost). Their stand bought time until help came. All three received the Victoria Cross.
The gun survives at IWM London. Their names should be just as hard to lose.
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You had the Ypres - Yser Canal & you got the strangest feeling when you crossed it. You'd almost abandon hope. As you got further out you got this awful smell of death. You could literally smell it. Just a complete abomination of desolation. I wept when I came into the salient."
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On this day in 1917, the Allies launch a three-month offensive east of Ypres to clear the German army from a ridge near Passchendaele. An unusually wet August along with heavy autumn rains soon transform the battlefield into an impassable quagmire.
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Before he wrote of Middle-earth, J.R.R. Tolkien served at the Somme.
Like millions of young British men in the early 20th Century, Tolkien’s experiences were tinged with tragedy. He lost close friends in military service, including on the First Day of the Somme. Much of what he lived through there found its way into his writing. He is one of many whose names you might know, and whose war you might not.
Read his story, and discover others, on For Evermore. Link below.
#CWGC #ForEvermore #Somme110
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The official unveiling of the memorial to the 102nd (Tyneside Scottish) and 103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigades at La Boisselle - 20 April 1922. – at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
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Reginald Dunk
York and Lancaster Regiment
Killed 3rd July 1916
Footballer Barnsley
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Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we were young.
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Constant reminders for me of 1/7/16 ¼ mile from home. Reggie Ellis 8/Y&L and William Crook 9/Y&L. Both died in the UK of wounds received at Nab Valley & were laid to rest in Wath Cemetery. Learn about this deadly #Somme battlefield at oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/07/0… via @OldFrontLinePod
ALT Reggie Ellis. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Wounded 1st July and died of wounds on the 16th July 1916.
ALT William Crook, 9th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Suffered gunshot wounds to elbow and knee 1st July. Died of Tetanus 20th July 1916.
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May 2026 update – caring for our headstones
Independent scientific analysis into black spot staining is continuing, led by specialist partners. Alongside this, our teams have completed seasonal cleaning programmes, ongoing interventions and targeted trials. We remain committed to finding the most effective and responsible ways to care for our headstones.
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New postcard:
Normality returning to the Somme at Beaumont-Hamel after WW1.
Washing on the fence outside the aptly named Cafe Renaissance.
