Christian, Husband, Dad, Education Consultant, P-T Vicar, Ex-Teacher, Ex-School Governor, WW1 Researcher, @EssexCricket, @Coventry_City supporter. Views my own.
South London, UK.
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6 Oct 1536, William Tyndale, clergyman, distinguished Oxford scholar & first person to translate New Testament (NT) from Greek to English, martyred. Strongly believed that everyone should be able to read #Bible. His translation served as a key resource for 1611 King James Bible.
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6 Oct 1916, Capt Revd Disney Woodhouse, Chaplain Royal Sussex Regt, died in Boulogne of volvulus intestinal obstruction, aged 32. Educated @WinColl, @ClareCollege & @ridleyhall. 1906, ordained. 1915, Candidates Secretary @cmsmission. Jan 1916, enlisted. #WW1 @ArmyChaplainMus
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6 Oct 1918, while serving as troopship carrying US soldiers in near hurricane conditions, HMS Otranto rammed by HMS Kashmir off Isle of Islay. Destroyer HMS Mounsey bravely came alongside & rescued c. 500 soldiers & crew, 21 swam ashore but c. 500 who remained on board died. #WW1
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5 Oct 1535, Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) published first authorised English translation of Bible. He drew on work of the martyred William Tyndale. In 1539, he helped with Great Bible, so called due to its size. This was #Bible Henry VIII ordered be placed in every parish church.
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5 Oct 1918, Roland Garros, French #WW1 fighter pilot, died, aged 29. On 1 Apr 1915, achieved first ever shooting-down of aircraft by firing through tractor propeller. 17 days later, shot down & became PoW. Feb 1918, escaped. Tennis stadium in Paris & French Open named after him.
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5 Oct 1915, Arthur Lee, Viscount Lee of Fareham, (1868–1947), donated country house, Chequers, & its entire contents, to UK as official residence & retreat for British Prime Ministers in perpetuity. He also co-founded @TheCourtauld. Served as First Lord of Admiralty after #WW1.
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5 Oct 1914, Winston Churchill offered to resign as First Lord of Admiralty to take command of newly formed Royal Navy Division & help with defending Belgium from German invasion. Although offer was supported by Field Marshal Kitchener, British cabinet rejected it. #WW1
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4 Oct 1917, during Battle of Broodseinde, Australian Sgt William McGee (b.1888) was awarded Victoria Cross. Under heavy MG fire, he stormed German pillbox alone, armed only with revolver, captured it, then led bombing party against second post. He was killed 8 days later. #WW1
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4 Oct 1917 Major Albert Stewart DSO (b. 1889), Irish international rugby union player, killed during Battle of Broodseinde. Served in Royal Irish Rifles & Machine Gun Corps. Had been recommended for Victoria Cross but not awarded. Buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery. #WW1
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4 Oct 1916, troopship SS Gallia, torpedoed off Sardinia by German SM U-35. Sunk in 15-20 mins as magazine exploded, c.1,400 of 2,000 on board died. No distress signal sent as wireless disabled. One of greatest losses of life in maritime disaster involving single French ship. #WW1
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4 Oct 1918, big explosion at T. A. Gillespie Co. Shell Loading Plant in Morgan, Sayreville, New Jersey, United States. Killed c.100 people, injured 100s & destroyed 325 buildings. Of 62,000 displaced people, nearly 300 died due to flu epidemic in area. Cause never confirmed. #WW1
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4 Oct 1917, Revd Guy Bryan-Brown, Chaplain, 3rd Bn Canterbury Regt, NZEF, killed while aiding wounded, aged 32. Educated @TonbridgeUK, @downingcollege (Classics) & @ridleyhall (photo). @CamUniHC blue in 1908. Chaplain @GlenalmondColl & @christscollege. On Tyne Cot Memorial. #WW1
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3 Oct 1929, Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister 1923-1929, died from a stroke, aged 51. With French foreign minister Aristide Briand, was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in 1926 for his policy of reconciliation & negotiation. What might have happened if he’d lived in 1930s?
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2 Oct 1919, Woodrow Wilson, US President 1913 to 1921, has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. He led America into #WW1 & became creator & leading advocate of League of Nations, but his ill-health prevented him from persuading Senate to ratify the League of Nations treaty.
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2 Oct 1847, #WW1 German field marshal Paul von Hindenburg, born. Retired 1911, recalled Aug 1914. Victory at Tannenberg led to appointment as C-i-C of German armies in East. Army Chief of Staff from Aug 1916 to June 1919. 1925, elected 2nd President of Weimar Republic. Died 1934.
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2 Oct 1851, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, born. Made Supreme Commander of Allied Armies five days after powerful German 1918 Spring Offensive. Accepted German surrender in Nov 1918. Viewed Versailles Treaty as treason, ‘this isn't peace. It's an armistice for 20 years’. Died 1929. #WW1
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1 Oct 1918, Australian Desert Mounted Corps, under Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel, captured Damascus. Hours later, Lt Col TE Lawrence, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, arrived in open-top Rolls Royce to accept surrender for Arabs, but was annoyed to find Australians had got there first. #WW1
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1 Oct 1917, SCO Frederick Rutland (1886-1949), RNAS, in Sopwith Pup, made first ever flight from flying-off platform fitted on HMS Repulse turret. Also did first flight from ship sailing into wind. Showed take off could be done without the need for ship to alter its course. #WW1
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