I recently started a #WW2 Substack. It’s all free and the latest article for #Arnhem82 is about the British and Commonwealth casualties at Arnhem: ww2revisited.substack.com/p/…

Somewhere in France…..whistle made in Birmingham @AcmeW

Whilst you’re eating your breakfast this weekend, this is what was happening at Verdun 110 years ago. Two French soldiers: my gt-grandfather Sgt Jules Destrigneville (L) & Hervé Lambert (R) of the 315e RI were living one of worst weeks of their lives. This is their story 🧵

110 years ago today between Thiaumont and Fleury. My gt-grandfather, Sergent Jules André Destrigneville of the 315e Régiment d’Infanterie, was fighting at Verdun. Earnt his Croix de Guerre at the exact location below. 110 year later the medal went back, this is the story 🧵

At the Fashion and Textile Museum in London to see the small exhibit about pinstuck cushions, on until 13 September and you have to buy entry to the museum's main exhibition but worth it I felt.

Fantastic, Albertina! I have several of these, all with Suffolk Regiment badges, stretching from the 1890s to the 1930s. 🙂

Lucky me! Got myself a copy this morning at the @IFFmuseum-shop. 🤗 #InFlandersFields

This is not #scifi - it's a photograph taken by one of us, on this day in 1971, during Apollo 15. It also happens to be one of the fine art prints an Apollo Moonwalker (I can't say which one) ordered from my website and had framed for his wall at home - an absolute beauty!

On this day 1971 - Apollo 15 EVA 2 - Lunar Rover Footage Upscaled and Interpolated to 60 FPS Incredible footage from onboard the Apollo 15 Lunar Rover captured by Jim Irwin using the 16mm DAC camera. This footage has been upscaled and Interpolated to 60 FPS and synchronised to the mission audio by Moonpans Original footage source: Apollo Flight Journal

Some tunnel action on 'The Rock'. Looking forward to seeing more about the birthplace of the #sappers @almurray @Proud_Sappers @Digital_Sapper @rehs @RE_Hist_Society @HorsebackSapper @OfficerofEngin1 SWW torpedo nets now used for rockfall protection.

"The Testimony of Time and Earth: An Interview with Prof. Peter DOYLE" invites readers to re-examine the geological legacy that determined the fate of the war alongside military strategy. All this and more awaits you in the 31st issue of Anafarta! @ProfPeterDoyle @cerenyy_1

🇹🇷 Değerli Prof. Peter Doyle ile gerçekleştirdiğimiz söyleşi, Anafarta Dergisi’nin 31. sayısında sizleri bekliyor! 🇬🇧 Our interview with the esteemed Prof. Peter Doyle awaits you in the 31st issue of Anafarta Magazine! @ProfPeterDoyle

Farewell Bill Oddie x

The very sad sight of former @RoyalNavy Q-Ship HMS Saxifrage, later London's @RNReserve training ship HMS President at the scrapyard where she is to be broken up. One of the very few remaining examples of a #WW1 @RoyalNavy warship.

Interesting news from Normandy - huge areas of the D-Day coastline are now on the UNESCO World Heritage List. An important recognition of these iconic #WW2 sites.

One giant leap for mankind History was made on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to set foot on the Moon. For more than 5 decades, the total number of moonwalkers has remained at 12. NASA will change that with Artemis IV.

The IAMG is delighted to announce that ICMG28 will be hosted in Rome, Italy in June 2028. Steeped in history with access to some of the most famous Second World War battle sites, this edition will also allow attendees to visit millennia old sites. militarygeoscience.org/confe…

#onthisday 1916 Private Andrew Sutherland of 56 Machine Gun Company, 19 Division was wearing this helmet when he received two bullets to the head at La Boiselle on the Somme. He survived and would go on to serve in the Royal Engineers and live until 1969.

Happy 91st birthday to Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt! He traveled to the Moon on Apollo 17, becoming the only trained geologist to walk on the lunar surface.

First professional geologist on the Moon