Genevra Charsley, Flanders Battlefield Tour

Thank you Mark!

I always tend to think 🤔 rightly or wrongly the history of the British Divisions at Bullecourt tend to get swallowed up by the Australians. (Puts her head back below parapet level 🙄).

Thank you Nigel!

As was he reading your book 😁

A varied battlefield tour this week, again heading down to 1918 areas such as Villers Bretonneux & Le Hamel, along-with Bullecourt April/May 1917 covering Australians & the British Divisions. Also taking in the Butte of Warlencourt on the Somme.

@fourteeneighteen.co.uk Jacques just said “Chris writes very well, easy to read.” 😉

A cold day yesterday on the Somme guiding father and daughter. Nice to receive positive feedback, though Jacques & I have always said “we’re only as good as our last tour.”

I’m delighted to share the publication of From the Pampas to the Trenches. Military Mobilisation from Argentina, 1914–1920s, co-authored with Luis Dalla Fontana and Agustín Desiderato.
More info here: www.routledge.com/From-the-Pam...

“Where there is no hope, one must invent hope.”

#HMD2026 #Shoah

Indeed they are 🤷‍♀️

Today 51 shells were collected in Zonnebeke. We suspect that someone has removed the copper pressing bands from the shells. This is really dangerous, at the end of last year someone was seriously injured after manipulating ammunition at his home.

📸DOVO Sedee

Australian focused tour France, a bit like Autumn with the Winter sun low in the sky the battlefields quiet in the slumber. A nice time of the year.

Truth or Treason worth watching, tells the true story of Helmuth Hübener who was the youngest German to resist Nazism, he was eventually arrested, tried & executed by beheading. He was only 17 years old, his two friends Karl & Robbe were imprisoned, Solomon his Jewish friend died in the holocaust.

Behind the Scenes Tour - RAF Museum Join our behind-the-scenes tour where you will visit the Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre, currently used to store exhibits not yet on display.

⏰ Behind-the-scenes reminder

Join us at the RAF Museum Midlands for an exclusive one-hour Conservation Centre tour. Get up close to aircraft, engines, vehicles and artefacts usually hidden from view.

📅 Fri 16, 23 & 30 January 2026
🎟️ £55 | Limited to 6 guests per tour
👉 bit.ly/457q6s9

Preparing for a trip to the battlefields of the First World War? This little work may be of interest and fits in your rucksack nicely!
www.amberley-books.com/battlefield-...

The Airborne Museum at Hartenstein in Oosterbeek tells the story of the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. Step by step you go through the Battle of Arnhem. You can read what there is to see in this article.

If my memory serves me correctly Niek at Hooge commissioned an archeological dig of the Tank Cemetery site, alas hopes were dashed & no whole tank was found.

Just a reminder that nursing was, and is, a hazardous occupation . Nurse Dorothy Adams' memorial in the Middlesex Hospital chapel died January 1919 in the global flu pandemic 1918-20. #histnursing #histmed

Lovely and quite sad, combined.

The bond between them is very visible. One of the nicest photos I think I’ve seen.

What a beautiful picture, assuming that’s his daughter?

Looks impressive.

c.1920s poster titled "Whitby Cliffs" by artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It depicts a seaside scene with three women in swimsuits on the rocks by the water.

Illustrator and artist Gerald Spencer Pryse (1882 - 1956) studied in London and Paris, and won a prize at the Venice International Exhibition in 1907. A staunch socialist and an active member of the Fabian Society, his work was often politically charged 1/3

Gallipoli’s Sedd el Bahr Castle steps into Europe’s museum spotlight - Türkiye Today Sedd el Bahr Castle’s EMYA 2026 nomination spotlights its restored heritage and modern museum identity, with presentations set for June 10-14

Sedd el Bahr Castle or Seddulbahir Castle, a historic fort on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Canakkale, has been nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award 2026 (EMYA), a move that has boosted the site’s visibility within the international museum network.

www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/gall...

Sepia coloured photo of seated woman in her uniform in her thirties gazing at the camera.

#OTD An unknown Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Forewoman, 1918 or 19, inscribed: 'With love & best wishes N., France Jan. 7.' She displays her Forewoman's rank badge, blue & white Signal Service brassard, & private metal identity bracelet. From young me's WW1 photo collection.

YouTube video by Tales From the Hut & Hangar Aerospace Bristol | Filton Airfield's Museum

youtu.be/IBMR-5yIxrI?...
#museum #bristol #concorde #brabazon #aviation

The amount of research that must have be done along with genealogical research. I felt like I was in Hans Fallada’s novel Alone in Berlin looking at the rear of the Berlin apartments, very chilling, everyone knows your movements etc…

Riveting watch, sat on the edge of the settee by the end with an ominous feeling…

BBC Two - A House Through Time The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now.

Only 25 minutes in and well, absolutely interesting, looking forward to see where this takes us. Covering residences both in Berlin & London leading up to the Second World War: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

What a sad sign of the times, tried to subscribe a gift for my brother as it wouldn’t let me before Christmas…a combination of the COVID period, High Streets (newsagents) changing/reducing with footfall, spiraling costs…back to the drawing board 🤷‍♀️