Rob Balding

Looks sick.

05.11.2025 21:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#remembranceday #parachuteregiment #para #kippax #castleford #arnhem #marketgarden #history #storytelling #poppyappeal

04.11.2025 19:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As the Paras found themselves surrounded they withdrew to the small town of Oosterbeck where, sadly, on 23 Sep 1944, George was killed. A really engaging narrative that communicated to the pupils the importance of Remembrance and History as a whole.

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George Everington was born in Lincoln in 1924, but moved to Kippax, West Yorkshire as a lad. In 1943, he married his sweetheart, Louisa, then joined the fledgling Parachute Regiment. In 1944, he dropped into Arnhem as part of Operation Market Garden.

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Day One of my Remembrance Day Assemblies today, aside from the usual messages around the Poppy Appeal and Armistice Day, I’ve tried to include war stories with a local twist to engage the students. Today was a fascinating story from the Second World War.

04.11.2025 19:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#firstworldwar #worldwar1 #ajptaylor #history #historyteaching #remembranceday #battleofthesomme #thegreatwar

03.11.2025 18:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I also found this photo of Italian troops fighting the Austrians in the Alps really intriguing. A reminder that we must teach the FWW as a global war and ensured our narratives give enough focus to the Western Front, but don’t allow it to dominate.

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The first photo that stood out to me was this one of British soldiers preparing to move up to the Battle of the Somme. I stared into this image for about five minutes and will definitely use it in the classroom this year. I think the clarity of the faces of these men really add humanity to the war.

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Just read AJP Taylor’s The First World War: an illustrated history, bought from the @oxfamgb.bsky.social Charity Shop in York. A book that was immensely readable and poignant with Remembrance Day approaching. It also highlighted how far the historiography of the FWW has come along since 1963.

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