Away from the Western Front

Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at grave of Corporal William Muir in Turin Town Cemetery (Photo taken by Emma Pace)

Cpl William Muir, 2nd Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders died 7 December 1918 aged 24; he died from pneumonia in Turin on his return home to Lugar, Ayrshire from Salonika
#Salonika #CameronHighlanders

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Today we remember Henry Moseley, the Oxford physicist whose X-ray spectroscopy work reshaped our understanding of the elements. He was killed in action at Gallipoli in 1915, aged just 27.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/our-history/highlights-archive/moseley-and-x-rays

A worthy winner Helen and a lovely memory of our successful Creative Writing Competition which highlighted campaigns that took place Away from the Western Front; winners, runners-up and highly-commended can still be read here: awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/crea...

#Salonika #WW1 #FWW

Group of people standing behind the CWGC headstones of soldiers who died during the First World War and are buried in Turin Town Cemetery in Italy

Esprit Club of #Turin held its #Remembrance Sunday service yesterday commemorating the 16 'Turin Men'; each soldier's name was read out during the service - their stories have been researched by @edmondslyn.bsky.social and more details can be found here: tinyurl.com/rsr4dr6f

CWGC headstone at the grave of Captain Gilbert Doke Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon who died in #Palestine on 10 November 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Gaza; photo taken in 2018

Captain Gilbert Doke #Vicary of Newton Abbot Devon, died in #Palestine on this day in 1917 and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery, #Gaza - to read more about Dyrons House ‘Family at War’ and our research into his family during the FWW: tinyurl.com/r9z3nvxy
#DyronsHouse #WW1

Grave of Driver John C A Taylor in Oulx Communal Cemetery, Italy on 6.11.25 (Photo: Emma Pace)

Remembering Driver John C A Taylor, accidentally killed when trying to rejoin the train that he'd been travelling on after it had stopped at Oulx station, Italy. He is buried in Oulx Communal cemetery and his grave was visited on 6.11.25
#Remembrance #LestWeForget

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A CWGC wall memorial stone, known as a Kipling memorial to Sapper WH Lewis who died tragically near Meana di Susa on his way back home in 1919; his grave was lost and replaced with this memorial plaque (Photo taken on 06-11-25 by Emma Pace)

Remembering Sapper W H Lewis whose memorial in Meana di Susa cemetery Italy, was visited this week; he died tragically after failing to receive the help he had clearly needed
#Remembrance #LestWeForget
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The Sinking of the Marquette, 1915 A little over 110 years ago, on Saturday 23 October 1915, the British transport ship Marquette was torpedoed by the German submarine U-35 as it entered the Gulf of Salonika. The ship sank within te…

The Sinking of the Marquette, 1915 salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk/2025/11/06/t...
#Salonika #WW1 #FWW

ONLINE: Allenby’s Sepoys: The Indian Army and the EEF in 1918 | The Western Front Association

You can now register for my upcoming WFA webinar
Allenby’s Sepoys: The Indian Army and the EEF in 1918
#fwwhist #ww1 #greatwar

2 November 1918 Major Alfred J Hoult of the Royal Garrison Artillery was admitted to the 33rd Clearing Hospital in Haifa, Palestine and died there of pneumonia. He was buried in the Haifa War Cemetary, Israel

He is remembered on the Cheadle Hulme War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

HMS Agamemnon, during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915; Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Armistice of Mudros ended hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies of the First World War; it was signed on 30 October 1918 aboard HMS Agamemnon in Mudros Harbour, Lemnos and it took effect the next day
#MudrosArmistice #WW1 #FWW

Black and white photo of a group of women. The are arranged in rows with the skyline of Liverpool in the background. They are wearing long overcoats and hats.

#OnThisDay 1915 the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals set sail from Liverpool to Serbia to set up a hospital unit in Salonika. This photo, taken 2 days before they departed, is from the album of Nurse Annie Allan heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/408
#histnursing #histmed #WW1

Private James Morris' grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank, regiment, soldier number, age, date of death and epitaph; he died on 28 October 1918 in the 29th Stationary Hospital, Turin

'He nobly answered duty’s call, his life he gave for us and all’

Remembering today Pte James Morris, 20th Bn #Manchester Regt, born #Withington, who died 28 Oct 1918 in the 29th Stationary Hospital, Turin

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Headstone of Lance Corporal W H Barnes of 8th Bn Cheshire Regiment, which shows a regimental emblem with an acorn between two #oak leaves. It is believed that the acorn and oak leaves were granted by King George III in 1743 to commemorate the regiment's role in saving the King at the Battle of Dettingen. (Photo courtesy of Emma Pace)

#31DaysOfGrave #Day27Tree

Headstone of Lance Corporal W H Barnes of 8th Bn Cheshire Regiment, which features an acorn with #oak leaves; he is buried in Turin, Italy
#CheshireRegiment

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A small rectangular grave marker for Private W G Arscott, Regimental number 11611, Devonshire Regiment who died on 29th January 1918, aged 24 and marked with a simple cross engraved on stone at the top left

#31DaysOfGraves #Day23Cross

Private W G Arscott's pedestal grave marker engraved with his name, rank, regiment & number, date of death, age & a simple #cross in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Greece
#DevonshireRegiment #CastleDrogo #Salonika #WW1 #FWW

You can read his story here: shorturl.at/sQgeK

23 October 1915 the TS Marquette was torpedoed off Salonika. On board was No 1 NZSH. 10 NZANS lost their lives, 22 NZEF & 135 others. We remember them today nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/ma… Marquette Great War Story | NZ History they are buried at Mikra Thessaloniki or in ocean😢🇳🇿 #HistNursing

16 headstones marking the graves of First World War soldiers under a blanket of snow in Turin Town cemetery, Italy (Photo courtesy of Emma Pace)

#31DaysOfGraves #Day22Landscape

A snow covered landscape around the 'Turin Men' CWGC plot in Turin Town cemetery, Italy

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Private Albert Hindle's name on one of the East Lancashire Regiment panels on Helles Memorial, Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey; photo taken on a dull day and panel was quite marked
#Gallipoli #EastLancashireRegiment #WW1 #FWW

Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone of Gunner A S Mackay 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, with a red berry and green leaf wreath laid against it at a service of remembrance in Turin Town Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Emma Pace)

#31DaysOfGraves #Day20Wreath

Gunner Alexander Sutherland Mackay 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, one of the 'Turin Men' who died of pneumonia on 18 December 1918

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Khan al-Shilan - Away from the Western Front What and where is Khan al-Shilan and why were British and Indian soldiers held captive there in 1920? This project examines the background to their fate and tries to decipher the wall inscriptions tha...

On 19 Oct 1920 British & Indian 'Manchester Column' Prisoners of War were released from Khan-al-Shilan, Najaf, Iraq; for info about our research into the Khan, the incident, the men & their wall inscriptions:
awayfromthewesternfront.org/archive/khan...

#Mesopotamia #1920Revolt #ManchesterRegiment

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Helles Memorial, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to the Gallipoli Campaign and to those who served and have no known grave. The memorial features a tall obelisk and numerous internal and external wall panels bearing the names of the fallen, arranged by unit, with a blue sky beyond and grass in the foreground

#31DaysOfGraves #Day16Obelisk
From one of my many visits, Helles Memorial on the headland at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula overlooking the Dardanelles; it includes an #obelisk which is over 30 metres high
#HellesMemorial #Gallipoli

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Pte Robert Hartley's final resting place is in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece; Whaleback to Kalinova in 1919 and then to Karasouli in 1920
#WW1 #Salonika #Karasouli

Robert Henry Edmondson's grave in Turin Town Cemetery, which is marked with a Commonwealth War Graves headstone showing his name, rank , regiment, soldier number, age and date of death, with grass and other headstones in the background

Remembering today, Pte Robert Henry #Edmondson 2nd Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, of #Shipley, Yorkshire, died 11 October 1918; tragically, his mother took her own life because of his death

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#WW1 #FWW #KSLI #31DaysOfGraves #Day11Military