Alan Frazier

Spending a few days in Ottawa and was able to check out the Canadian War Museum. Some really excellent Great War exhibits, among others. #GreatWar #CanadianHistory

Thanks to all who joined me this evening for a @oldfrontline.bsky.social Supporters Evening where we looked at images of the front line during Winter in #WW1.

Great episode, Mike! I enjoyed you sharing reflections of visiting your dad’s grave. I feel the same as my dad was a Vietnam vet. I get similar feelings visiting places on the Western Front (Devonshire Cemetery on the Somme does it for me). Wish I had met Alfons while living in Germany! Thanks!

These stones are so special and I’ll always recall the sense of wonder when coming across one when exploring the Western Front. #GreatWar #WW1 Great episode.

Demarcation Stones at Ypres In this special episode, Paul Reed discusses the Ypres League's mission to preserve the history of the Ypres Salient and the significance of Demarcation Stones that mark the furthest advance of German forces during the First World War in 1918. Roger Stewart and Dr Dominiek Dendooven share insights into the history, design, and restoration efforts of these stones, emphasizing the importance of community involvement and funding for their preservation.

In a special episode we are joined by authors and historians Roger Steward and Dominiek Dendooven to discuss the Demarcation Stones that were placed in the Ypres Salient and a new project to preserve and protect them, and in some cases renovate them.

Are We Forgetting The First World War? Is the First World War slowly fading from public memory, or has our relationship with the Great War simply changed? In this episode, Are We Forgetting The First World War?, we explore how inte…

In the first @oldfrontline.bsky.social of 2026 we ask: Are We Forgetting The First World War?

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Loved this episode because of your personal account and method of meeting and interviewing these amazing individuals. Thanks Paul.

Remembrance Sunday: Honouring Kenya's forgotten World War soldiers Thousands of Kenyans, who fought for Britain, are buried in unknown locations and were never commemorated.

Decades on, as the world marked Remembrance Day to honour those who contributed to WWI & WWII efforts, a trove of records has revealed Kenya's forgotten World War soldiers:

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We Will Remember Them - sunset on the Somme at Courcelette British Cemetery. #RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday

Another great Q&A episode from @sommecourt.bsky.social ! The questions are so thoughtful and the answers always insightful.

The Navy and Marine Memorial this evening. #HistoryHike @nationalparks.bsky.social

Love these stories about your interviews and friendships of these incredible individuals. I for one would selfishly love more! 😁

Tomorrow on the Old Front Line #podcast we have our fifth and final episode in the special Air War series looking at what we find of the RFC and RAF on the landscape of the Western Front today, and discover the story behind this plaque found in 2008.

I’ve never been in a place as moving as the Devonshire Cemetery. Brilliant video, Paul. Highly recommend Charlotte Zeepvat’s “Before Action” about William Noel Hodgson for those that want to learn more about him and the 9th Devons.

#OTD in 1952, USS Sea Poacher (SS-406) performed a unique submarine-to-airship rescue when it towed the disabled K-86 blimp and its 10-man crew for 40 miles to NAS Key West.

Such a great episode! Really interesting.

I’m pleased to say that tomorrow on the Old Front Line #podcast we speak to the MOD War Detectives about their work recovering the dead from the landscape of the Western Front.

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This one! Got the vinyl last Christmas.

PVT Albert Lentz was from Gettysburg and died in Cantigny, France in 1918 serving in the AEF during #WW1 just a month before the first US offensive in the #GreatWar there. Yesterday, I paid my respects to Albert, where he lies just yards from where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. #History #NPS

Today I walked the rolling hills, rocky outcrops, and fields of Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. What an incredible and somber place. The #historyhike included The Angle, Little Round Top, Devil’s Den, and the Wheatfield, among other sites. #NPS #NationalParks #History

Today’s #historyhike was a visit to the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. Sherman and I passed by “The Stone House,” which served as a field hospital during first and second Manassas. Soldier names can still be seen carved into the floorboards inside. #NationalParks #Hiking #History

Nice morning hike in the Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia. Sherman approves. #Hiking #NationalParks

When Will the Civil War Community Wake Up? Not too long ago, one of the biggest Civil War battlefield preservation challenges was the presence and expansion of a new body of water on the Gettysburg battlefield.

Today, the NPS and our Civil War battlefields face an existential threat.

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Summary of my first 3 days walking along the front

1 picture 1 location

Can you recognise the locations in this 🧵

Great pics, Alex!

Really enjoyed the latest @talesbattlefields.bsky.social podcast on the tanks of Passchendaele with battlefield tour guide Leen Van Meerbeek @ leenvanmeerbeek.be.

The French Army used tanks for the first time #OTD in 1917 when some 129 French tanks like this Schneider tank attacked in support of the infantry on the Chemin des Dames. Many were destroyed or for bogged down on the battlefield and today this replica tank memorialises them on the battlefield.

Top notch episode today. The cultural dimension discussions are always fascinating to me. Felt like I was back in Ypres traversing Hellfire Corner.

Tomorrow on @oldfrontline.bsky.social we have another Questions and Answers episode where among other things we discuss the names given to German soldiers by the British and the role of Portugal on the Western Front.