https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/04/03/who-was-ivor-gurneys-the-silent-one-the-night-attack-by-the-25th-glosters-on-6-7-april-1917/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gurney-grave-from-phil-dutton.jpgGrave of Ivor Gurney War Poet TwigworthThe grave of Ivor Gurney in St Matthew's Churchyard, Twigworth, Gloucestershire (Phillip Dutton).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscn3059cr2.jpgDSCN3059cr2The grave of James Chappin in Vadancourt British Cemetery with the inscription chosen by his next of kin. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscn3058cr.jpgDSCN3058crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/silent-one-ms-detail-gloucestershire-archives.jpgSilent One MS detail Gloucestershire ArchivesThe opening of 'The Silent One' from Gurney 'Best Poems' notebook. (The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/guney-rouen-may-1917-gloucestershire-archives.jpgGuney Rouen May 1917 Gloucestershire ArchivesIvor Gurney in Rouen while recovering from the wound in his right arm received during the attack of 6- 7 April 1917. (The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vincent-faupier19698175res1.jpgVincent Faupier19698175Res© Vincent Faupier.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bucks-herald-april-28-1917cropenh.jpgBucks Herald April 28, 1917cropenhThe Bucks Herald, 26th April 1917 (via FindMyPast.co.uk).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bucks-herald-april-28-1917acropenh2cl.jpgBucks Herald April 28, 1917aCropEnh2clhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vincent-faupier19698175res.jpgVincent Faupier19698175ResA German cemetery is now on the site of the German trenches attacked by the Glosters. This view looks back across the ground over which they advanced and shows the dead ground in front of the German positions which apparently prevented the artillery from bombarding the German wire. © Vincent Faupier.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/43849_3066_0-00665cropcontr.jpg43849_3066_0-00665CropContr2/5th Glosters War Diary entry for 7 April 1917. (National Archives, WO95/3066).2026-04-03T11:38:17+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/01/06/understanding-the-1914-christmas-truce/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/g.507-wo-95-1560.jpgG.507-WO 95-1560Orders by General Smith-Dorrien in II Corps memorandum G.507, 5th December 1914 [2]. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/7-div-gs-wd-intel-summ-no-1-wo95-1634.jpg7 Div GS WD-Intel Summ No 1-WO95-1634The benefit of the Truce to the opposing intelligence services is shown by this British map compiled on 28th December showing every German regiment facing its troops (7 Division GS War Diary, UK National Archives WO 95/1634).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kriegsbaumchen.jpgKriegsbäumchenGerman Christmas tree for troops at the front, 1914-18. (Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart, via https://blog.wkgo.de/2019/12/16/ein-weihnachtsbaum-fuer-die-frontsoldaten/)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/q-50720-british-and-german-troops-meeting-in-no-mans-land-during-the-unofficial-truce...-robson-harold-burge-2.jpgQ 50720-British and German troops meeting in No-Man's Land during the unofficial truce... Robson, Harold Burge (2)British and German troops burying their dead in no man’s land on Christmas Day 1914, Bridoux-Rouge Banc sector, Flanders. Photographed by Harold Burge Robson of the Northumberland Hussars (Cropped IWM Q 50720).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-graphic-january-30-1915p21-christmas-truce.jpgThe Graphic January 30, 1915p21-Christmas TruceFull fraternisation between French and German troops was rarer. This encounter between soldiers burying their dead in no man's land on Christmas Day, when they briefly shook hands, saluted and exchanged cigars, was described by Emile Barraud of the 39th Regiment to an artist from The Graphic (30 January 1915).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jones-12-15-20-twitter.jpgjones-12-15-20-twitterhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/q-11718-1-cr.jpg1914ChristmasTruce-SimonJonesHistorian.comhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/walking-ypres-tour-hurley.jpgWalking Ypres Tour Hurleyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/albert-wyatt-letter-thetford-watton-times-13021915b2.jpgalbert-wyatt-letter-thetford-watton-times-13021915bLetter from Corporal Albert Wyatt, 1st Nofolks, The Thetford and Watton Times, 13 February 1915.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/q-11718-r-w-turner-possibly-rifleman-andrew-left-and-another-british-soldier-third-from-the-right-background-of-the-london-rifle-brigade-with-troops-of-the-104th-and-10crop.jpgQ 11718Q 117182025-12-10T12:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2024/05/24/war-underground-osprey/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240524_113844426-cr.jpgPXL_20240524_113844426-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240524_104330423-cr.jpgpxl_20240524_104330423-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240524_104456830-cr.jpgpxl_20240524_104456830-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240524_104117251-cr.jpgpxl_20240524_104117251-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240524_104001830-cr.jpgpxl_20240524_104001830-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240523_115123482-cr.jpgpxl_20240523_115123482-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240522_141609812-cr.jpgpxl_20240522_141609812-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240522_143450955-cr.jpgpxl_20240522_143450955-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pxl_20240522_141416108-cr.jpgpxl_20240522_141416108-cr2025-11-14T10:33:30+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/12/31/over-the-top/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/nash_john_ra_-_over_the_top._1st_artists_rifles_at_marcoing_30th_december_1917_-_google_art_project-res50.jpgNash,_John_(RA)_-_'Over_The_Top'._1st_Artists'_Rifles_at_Marcoing,_30th_December_1917_-_Google_Art_Project-Res50https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1st-shots-memorial.jpg1st Shots Memorial Mons 1914 Simon Joneshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1280_q_002660-women-of-pervyse.jpg1280_Q_002660 Women of PervyseThe Women of Pervyse. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-nash-map-welsh-ridge-simonjoneshistorian1.jpgJohn Nash map Welsh Ridge SimonJonesHistorianThe Action at Welsh Ridge. The Artists' Rifles attacked from the trench marked blue in a failed attempt to re-take Eagle Avenue. British-held trenches before the attack in red, dotted line shows the British front line at the end of the attack. German trenches not shown, German units in green. [Captain Wilfrid Miles, Military Operations France and Belgium 1917,vol. 3, (London, 1948)]https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-nash-over-the-top-simonjoneshistorian.jpgJohn Nash Over the Top SimonJonesHistorianJohn Nash, 'Over The Top'. 1st Artists' Rifles at Marcoing, 30th December 1917, © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1656)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/study-for-over-the-top-art-iwm-art-3907-simonjoneshistorian.jpgStudy for 'Over The Top' Art.IWM ART 3907-SimonJonesHistorianThe larger of two studies by Nash for 'Over the Top', both include barbed wire on iron pickets which was omitted from the final painting. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 3907) https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-nash-over-the-top-detail-sgt-simonjoneshistorian.jpgJohn Nash Over the Top-Detail Sgt SimonJonesHistorianDetail from 'Over the Top'. A man falls hit, behind a Sergeant Lewis machine gunner, said by Reginald Lee to be the sole survivor of his section. The blue square indicated B Company of the Artists' Rifles.  © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1656) https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-nash-npg-x127172-detail-simonjoneshistorian.jpgJohn Nash NPG x127172 detail SimonJonesHistorianJohn Nash (seated on ground) as a Private soldier with a bombing section of the Artists Rifles, possibly the same section he commanded as a Corporal at the time of the attack (detail, National Portrait Gallery x127172, Creative Commons licence). https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-nash-service-record-simonjoneshistorian.jpgJohn Nash service record SimonJonesHistorianPart of John Nash's enlistment document in the Artists Rifles, September 1915 (UK National Archives WO363).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/study-for-over-the-top-art-iwm-art-3908-simonjoneshistorian.jpgStudy for Over the Top Art.IWM ART 3908 SimonJonesHistorianThe smaller of two studies by John Nash for 'Over the Top' in the Imperial War Museum, this was entitled 'The Counter Attack'.  © IWM (Art.IWM ART 3908) 2024-12-30T08:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/05/01/lost-mines-of-messines/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lochnagar-tunnels-screenshot-simonjoneshistorian.pngLochnagar-tunnels-Screenshot-SimonJonesHistorianhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn3080ressat.jpgDSCN3080resSathttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/george_edmund_butler_-the_scaling_of_the_walls_of_le_quesnoy.jpgGeorge_Edmund_Butler_-The_scaling_of_the_walls_of_Le_QuesnoyProduced by New Zealand Micrographic Services Ltd. April 2007 Equipment: Lanovia C550 Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CS2 9.0. This File is the property of Archives New Zealandhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/e01513.jpgE01513Tunnellers excavate a dugout in the Ypres Salient. The mine galleries were much smaller than this. (Australian War Memorial E01513)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/q-2325.jpgQ 2325Troops on the rim of one of the Messines mine craters, probably Peckham, shortly after the battle. (© IWM Q 2325)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/h15258.jpgH15258The location of this warning sign is not known but it may have been placed over the Birdcage mines after the Battle of Messines. (Australian War Memorial H15258)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ge-peckham-offensive-schemes3corr.jpgGE Peckham offensive schemes3corrThe Peckham mine crater and the 'lost' mine to the northeast. The German trenches and farm ruins are red and the British galleries in green, over a modern aerial photograph which shows the location of he rebuilt farm on top of the unexploded mine. (WO153/909 The National Archives /GoogleEarth)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ge-petit-douve-offensive-schemescorrcrop2.jpgGE Petit Douve offensive schemesCorrCrop2La Petit Douve mine on a British plan, top left. The German trenches and the farm ruins are red and the British galleries in dashed green, over a modern aerial photograph which shows the location of the rebuilt farm slightly to the north. (WO153/909 The National Archives /GoogleEarth) https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/geological-work-004crop2contrcrop.jpgGeological Work-004crop2contrCropThe central of the nineteen Messines mines in the geological section shows how they were laid in the Paniselien or 'bastard' clay, close to the running sand and above the deeper blue clay.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ge-birdcage-offensive-schemes3crop21.jpgGE Birdcage offensive schemes3crop2The cluster of four Birdcage mines on a British plan. The German trenches are red, British galleries green, British front line black, over a modern aerial photograph. To the north are the Factory Farm and Trench 122 mines which were fired in the battle. (WO153/909 The National Archives /GoogleEarth) 2024-12-12T06:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2014/02/04/yellow-cross-the-advent-of-mustard-gas-in-1917/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mustard-gas-iwm-q-11586.jpgMustard Gas IWM Q 11586https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/q-11336-cr-enh.jpgQ 11336 Chaplainhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/e4-105mm-mustard.jpge4-105mm-mustard.jpghttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/45-bde-wd-12-july-1917.jpg45 Bde WD 12 July 1917The first mustard gas bombardment reported in the War Diary of the 45th Infantry Brigade, 12 July 1917. (The National Archives, WO95/1943)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e4-105mm-mustard.jpge4 105mm mustardGerman Yellow Cross mustard gas shell for 105mm howitzer. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/c080027-c-080027.jpgc080027 C-080027A Canadian victim of mustard gas at No.7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, c. 1917 (Library and Archives Canada/ Wikimedia).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/blue-cross-shell.jpgBlue Cross Shell2024-11-30T16:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2014/02/14/yellow-cross-measures-to-protect-against-mustard-gas/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/french-mustard-gas-decon-c-simon-jones-cr1.jpgFrench Mustard Gas Decon (c) Simon Jones crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mustard-victim-1cr.jpgMustard Victim 1crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/british_55th_division_gas_casualties_10_april_19181.jpgBritish_55th_Division_gas_casualties_10_April_1918[1]British mustard gas casualties at an Advanced Dressing Station, April 1918 (IWM Q 11586).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e001540690crop.jpge001540690CROPhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/french-mustard-gas-decon-c-simon-jones.jpg???????????????https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mustard-victim-2.jpgMustard Victim 2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mustard-victim-1.jpgMustard Victim 12024-11-30T16:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/contact/2024-11-29T07:41:05+00:00weekly0.6https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/04/16/understanding-chemical-warfare-in-the-first-world-war/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5182283685_59b178b2a0_obrcrop2.jpg5182283685_59b178b2a0_oBRcrop2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/clara_immerwahr-res.jpgClara_Immerwahr resDr Clara Haber (née Immerwahr) committed suicide on 2 May 1915 while her husband was home on leave after the first gas attack.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/german-horse-respirator.jpgGerman horse respiratorGerman respirators for man and horses.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/german-troops-in-trench.jpgGerman troops in trenchGerman troops demonstrate their gas mask at a gas alarm post. © Simon Joneshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/german-1st-phosgene-shell.jpgGerman 1st Phosgene shellThe first German lethal gas shell, containing 0.285 litres of diphosgene.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/edward-harrisonbw.jpgEdward HarrisonBWEdward Harrison, who gave his life in the development of protection from poison gas.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/british-gas-practice-1915.jpgBritish gas practice 1915Personnel practicing for the first British gas attack.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/german-troops-carry-poison-gas-cylinders.jpgGerman troops carry poison gas cylindersGerman troops carry poison gas cylinders to be installed in trenches. © Simon Joneshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/french-victim-of-the-first-chlorine-gas-attack.jpgFrench victim of the first chlorine gas attackA French victim of the first chlorine gas attack. © Simon Joneshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fritz-haber.jpgFritz HaberFritz Haber, in the uniform of the 35th Pioneer Regiment.2024-11-20T18:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2016/07/07/edward-harrison-who-gave-his-life-developing-protection-against-poison-gas/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/edward-harrisoncrop.jpgEdward HarrisonCrophttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/harrison-medal.jpgHarrison MedalThe Harrison Medal awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry. A large version of the medal forms the Society's war memorial in Burlington House, London. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/officers-in-small-box-respirators.jpgOfficers in Small Box RespiratorsBritish officers in Small Box Respirators, 1917-1918. (c) Simon Jones.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/gasdrill-purfleet1915.jpgGasDrill Purfleet1915British troops train in gas helmets, 1915. (c) Simon Jones.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/secret-remedies.jpgSecret RemediesSecret Remedies, written by Edward Harrison for the British Medical Association in 1909 to expose fake medicines. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/edward-harrison.jpgEdward HarrisonEdward Frank Harrison (Wikimedia Commons)2024-11-10T10:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/battlefield-tours/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fr-wq7qwwaii08c-2.jpegSchool battlefield tour WW1 Ypres Western Front PasschendaeleWith Queen's College, London, at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, 2023.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dscn3932cr-col-res.jpgSimon Jones Battlefield Tour YpresDinner at the Ariane Hotel, Ypres, Medics and Padres tour, 2018https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/la-cambe-asl.jpgSimon Jones battlefield tour Normandy 1944 La Cambe.Visiting the German Cemetery at La Cambe, Normandy.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dscn3932cr.jpgSimon Jones Battlefield Tour YpresDinner at the Ariane Hotel, Ypres, Medics & Padres tour 2018https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/thiepval.jpgSimon Jones Battlefield Tour Somme Poets 2019At the Somme Memorial to the Missing, War Poets Tour 2019https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/windy-corner-img_20190831_165158.jpgSimon Jones Bespoke Battlefield TourA bespoke tour, visiting a family grave on the Western Front. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_20181025_104051_burst002.jpgSimon Jones Battlefield Tour bear gryllsBespoke Tour for Bear Grylls, 2018https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ge-paschendaele-tm-overlayuhdcrenh.jpgPasschendaele Ypres battlefield walking tourA 1917 trench map and Passchendaele today.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kemmel-4.jpgKemmel ypres battlefield tourMont Kemmel, from the 4th Ypres walk. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/knightsbridge-war-cemetery-libya.jpgKnightsbridge War Cemetery, LibyaKnightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya, with the custodian Mohammed. 2024-11-04T10:41:08+00:00weekly0.6https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/05/07/we-were-simply-blown-to-pieces-eyewitness-of-the-patricias-stand-at-bellewaerde-8th-may-1915/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stamper-006enhcrenh2-cr2.jpgStamper-006enhCrEnh2-cr2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stamper-006enhcrenh2res.jpgStamperSimonJonesWalter Stamper in Switzerland with the children of internees who have come from the United Kingdom, including my grandmother age 17 (left), 22 July 1917. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/q-54694-simonjoneshistorian.jpgQ 54694 SimonJonesHistorianSoldiers taught bookbinding while interned in Switzerland. The Sergeant on the left is my great-grandfather. © IWM (Q 54694)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/walter-stamper-letter-2.jpgWalter Stamper Letter 2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/walter-stamper-letter-1.jpgWalter Stamper Letter 12024-10-23T08:24:55+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2016/02/21/famous-verdun-photographs-which-are-not-what-they-seem/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/leon-poirier-verdun_visions_d_histoire.jpgLeon Poirier Verdun_visions_d_histoire?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/57.jpg57https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2636952.jpg26369522024-08-09T07:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2016/06/30/the-lochnagar-mine/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/laboissellewtransversal.jpgLaBoisselleWTransversalA British tunnel at 80 feet depth in the hard chalk at La Boisselle explored in 2013. (Iain McHenry/La Boisselle Study Group)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/daily-mirror-may-25-1917-small.jpgDaily Mirror May 25, 1917-SmallHugh Kerr, responsible for the Y Sap mine which he fired on 1 July 1916. (Daily Mirror 25 May 1917)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/28-june-1916crop.jpg28 June 1916crophttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/q115-iwm-collections.jpgQ115 IWM CollectionsIn this staged photograph, a Tunnelling officer demonstrates a geophone listening device while the miners appear to be putting in tamping for a mine charge. In reality, the geophone was too sensitive to be used when men were working in the vicinity. (C) IWM Q115https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lochnagar-crater.jpgLEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01The Lochnagar crater, shortly after it was blown, showing the location of the two charges. From The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War, 1914-19. Military Mining (Chatham, 1922).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rir111-c-r-whitehead.jpgRIR111 (c) R. WhiteheadThe front line of the German 111th Reserve Infantry Regiment at the 'Glory Hole', called by the Germans the Granathof Stellung, 1915-16. 'Tr' represents mine craters in no man's land. (c) Ralph Whitehead.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/aerial-photographres.jpgAerial PhotographResAerial photograph with British and German mining south of the Glory Hole prior to Zero on 1st July 1916. (c) Landesarchiv Baden Württemberg/ Annotations (C) Simon Jones.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/q-49394.jpgQ 49394A burial mound in the bottom of the Lochnagar Crater, September 1917. (c) IWM Q49394. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gilbert-rowan-c-fiona-middlemiss.jpgGilbert Rowan (c) Fiona MiddlemissGilbert Rowan, who commanded 179th Tunnelling Company during much of the preparation for the Battle of the Somme. (c) Fiona Middlemisshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lochnagar-crater-wikimedia-commons.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Lochnagar Crater today (Wikimedia Commons).2024-06-07T16:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/06/16/myths-of-messines/2024-06-07T16:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/04/19/the-big-bang-heard-in-downing-street/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/times-08061917-lg-claims-to-hear-messines-minescrop.jpgTimes 08061917 LG claims to hear Messines minesCrophttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/times-08061917-lg-claims-to-hear-messines-mines.jpgTimes 08061917 LG claims to hear Messines minesThe Times, 8 June 1917.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dscf6990-noisecrop.jpgDSCF6990 noiseCropThe Daily Telegraph, 5 June 1917.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/02-caterpillar-crater-hill-60.jpg02-caterpillar-crater-hill-602024-06-07T16:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/06/12/killed-by-their-own-mine/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1024px-lone_tree_crater_2009.jpg1024px-Lone_Tree_Crater_2009The Spanbroekmolen crater, known today as the Lone Tree crater or Pool of Peace. (Wikimedia Commons)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7694acropenhdesat.jpg7694acropEnhdeSatThe three Kruisstraat mine craters with the Spanbroekmolen crater to the north.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/36-div-deployment.jpg36 Div DeploymentThe attack by the 36th (Ulster) Division at Messines on 7th June 1917. The first and second waves are shown alongside one another whereas the 14th Royal Irish Rifles led the 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attacking at Spanbroekmolen and the 8th Royal Irish Rifles led the 15th attacking Kruisstraat, where three mines were blown. (Detail from a map in the Harington Papers, King's Regiment Collection, National Museums Liverpool)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/43849_2511_1-00231-report-cropmid.jpg43849_2511_1-00231-Report cropMidPart of the report by Lt.-Col. G. R. H. Cheape, Commanding 14th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, 12/6/1917. (TNA WO95/2511)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/lone-tree-cem-cwgc.jpgLone Tree Cem CWGCLone Tree Cemetery, Belgium, where many of the British soldiers are said to have been killed by the British mine at nearby Spanbroekmolen. (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)2024-06-07T16:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/did-the-messines-mines-really-kill-10000-germans/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hop-store-montage-cr2.jpgHop Store montage-cr2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/c2a9-iwm-q-5466.jpg© IWM (Q 5466)Germans killed by the British bombardment which has smashed their trench on Messines Ridge, now occupied by British soldiers, 7 June 1917. © IWM (Q 5466)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/peckham-enh.jpgPeckham-enhThe crater of the Peckham mine, 87,000 pounds of explosives detonated beneath the German front line.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/11-plumer-at-wisques-iwm-q41691.jpgIWM (Q 4169)General Plumer, GOC British Second Army with, behind him, Harington, his Chief of Staff, (also, holding coat, Lieutenant General Byng, GOC Canadian Corps), on the lip of a practice mine exploded behind the lines, 28 August 1916. © IWM (Q 4169)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hausler-miner-9june1917.jpgHausler miner 9June1917In memoriam card for a member of the 3rd Bavarian Mining Company who lost his life at the Battle of Messines. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hausler-miner-9june1917descreenscan003crop.jpgHausler miner 9June1917https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/german-medical-orderlies-captured-in-the-battle-of-messines-8th-june-1917-c2a9-iwm-q-2284.jpgGerman medical orderlies captured in the Battle of Messines, 8th June 1917. © IWM (Q 2284)German medical orderlies captured in the Battle of Messines, 8th June 1917. © IWM (Q 2284)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fusslein.jpgFussleinCommander of mining troops in the German 4th Army, Lieutenant Colonel Füsslein. (Gustaf von Dickhuth-Harrach, Im Felde unbesiegt, München, 1921)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/awm-e01320.jpgAWM E01320A German concrete bunker hurled on its back by one of the Messines mines at Factory Farm. (AWM E01320)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tna-wo158-215-oad464.jpgTNA WO158-215 OAD464The Conference at which Haig and Plumer discussed the possibility of detonating the Messines Mines four days before the attack. (TNA WO158/215)2024-06-07T16:14:09+00:00weekly0.6https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/03/27/underground-warfare-1914-1918/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/crop2.jpgSimon Jones Underground Warfare review2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/crop1.jpgSimon Jones Underground Warfare review1https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/underground-warfare.jpgUnderground Warfare2024-06-07T11:55:36+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/01/08/where-did-vera-brittain-serve-in-france-during-the-first-world-war/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vb-crop.jpgVB crophttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/red-cross-bomb-c-simon-jones.jpgRed Cross & bomb (c) Simon JonesA First Aid Nursing Yeomanry driver with an unexploded German aerial bomb at a British hospital in Calais, 1918.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/etaples-no-24-gh.jpgEtaples NO 24 GHThe area of the Étaples Base Camp and hospital complex today. The area occupied by No 24 General Hospital is now covered by housing. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/15-etaples-from-oxac-4564contr2annot.jpg15 Etaples from Oxac 4564contr2AnnotA plan of the Étaples Base Camp and hospital complex with No 24 General Hospital marked. (http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9127/4558)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vb.jpgVBVera Brittain when a VAD nurse. 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The Col di Lana summit on the left was taken by the Italians on 17 April 1916. The summit on the right, Monte Sief, remained in Austrian hands. 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Corner.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/memorial-to-lt-col-j-m-knox.jpgMemorial to Lt Col J M KnoxMemorial to Lt Col J M Knox, 1/8th Royal Warwicks and 143rd (Warwickshire) Infantry Brigade, near Granezza British Cemetery and Tattenham Corner. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/memorial-to-italian-underground-hospital-barenthal-road.jpgMemorial to Italian underground hospital, Barenthal RoadMemorial to Italian underground hospital, Barenthal Road. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/grave-of-lt-col-j-m-knox-granezza-british-cemetery.jpgGrave of Lt Col J M Knox, Granezza British CemeteryGrave of Lt Col J M Knox, Granezza British Cemetery.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/granezza-british-cemetery.jpgGranezza British CemeteryGranezza British Cemetery.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/british-bunkers-barenthal-road-3.jpgBritish bunkers, Barenthal Road 3https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/british-bunkers-barenthal-road-2.jpgBritish bunkers, Barenthal Road 2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/british-bunkers-barenthal-road-1.jpgBritish bunkers, Barenthal Road 1British bunkers, Barenthal Road.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/barenthal-road-april-2015.jpgBarenthal Road, April 2015Barenthal Road, April 2015.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/barenthal-military-cemetery.jpgBarenthal Military CemeteryBarenthal Military Cemetery.2025-07-25T08:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2014/12/07/why-the-poet-isaac-rosenberg-is-not-shown-in-archive-footage/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-soldier-in-the-bottom-011.jpgThe soldier in the bottom righthand corner is believed to be first world war poet Isaac Rosenberghttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/q-57321.jpgQ 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(c) Duncan Hunting.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/derbyshire-courier-october-11-1919.jpgderbyshire-courier-october-11-1919Derbyshire Courier, 11 October 1919.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/derbyshire-courier-october-17-1916acontr.jpgderbyshire-courier-october-17-1916acontrDerbyshire Courier, 17 October 1916.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/derbyshire-courier-october-12-1918.jpgderbyshire-courier-october-12-1918Derbyshire Courier, 12 October 1918.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sheffield-evening-telegraph-september-4-19151.jpgsheffield-evening-telegraph-september-4-1915Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 4 September 1915.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sheffield-evening-telegraph-september-4-1915.jpgsheffield-evening-telegraph-september-4-1915Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 4 September 1915.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/joe-cox-and-tom-hodgettsres.jpgjoe-cox-and-tom-hodgettsresJoe Cox and Tom Hodgetts, 185th Tunnelling Company photographed on the Somme in Albert. (c) Duncan Huntinghttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/derbyshire-courier-tuesday-24-april-1917.jpgderbyshire-courier-tuesday-24-april-1917The Derbyshire Courier, 24 April 1917.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sheffield-evening-telegraph-march-19-1907.jpgsheffield-evening-telegraph-march-19-1907Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 19 March 1907.2023-07-07T11:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2014/02/14/born-fighters-who-were-the-tunnellers/2023-07-07T11:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/men-of-179th-and-185th-tunnelling-companies/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/parkes-ezekial.jpgParkes EzekialSapper Ezekiel Parkes, 179th Tunnelling Company, killed in action 22nd November 1915. 2024-10-21T09:14:22+00:00weekly0.6https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2016/10/17/la-mine-lochnagar/2023-04-09T09:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2014/03/05/infiltration-by-close-order-andre-laffargue-and-the-attack-of-9-may-1915/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/laffargue_charles-victor-andre-c2.jpgLaffargue_Charles-Victor-Andre-c2André Laffargue (30).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/laffargue_charles-victor-andre-c.jpgLaffargue_Charles-Victor-Andre-cAndré Laffargue. (Source: http://www.generals.dk/general/Laffargue/Charles-Victor-Andr%C3%A9/France.html)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/conseils-infiltration-p31.jpgConseils Infiltration p31https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/conseils-poursuite-p43.jpgConseils Poursuite p43https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/etude-plate-v.jpgEtude Plate Vhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/etude-plate-iv.jpgEtude Plate IVhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/etude-plate-iii.jpgEtude Plate IIIhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/conseils-raillement-p42.jpgConseils Raillement p42https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/conseils-assaut-p40.jpgConseils Assaut p40https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/conseils-la-charge-p39.jpgConseils La Charge p392023-04-05T09:03:42+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/06/17/a-rifleman-at-waterloo/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/british-riflemen-1812-nam-6139.jpgBritish Riflemen, 1812-NAM-6139British Army Riflemen of the 60th and 95th Regiments, 1812. J C Stadler, from Charles Hamilton Smith's 'Costumes of the Army of the British Empire’ (National Army Museum).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/siborne-adams-bde-map1.jpgSiborne Adam's Bde mapMap from Siborne's Waterloo Letters, showing the movements of Adam's 3rd Infantry Brigade. The positions of 3rd Bn, 95th Regiment highlighted in green.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/whitstable-times-and-herne-bay-herald-saturday-18-november-1876.jpgWhitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 18 November 1876The Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 18 November 1876.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/siborne-adams-bde-map.jpgSiborne Adam's Bde mapMap from Siborne's Waterloo Letters, showing the movements of Adam's 3rd Infantry Brigade. The positions of 3rd Bn, 95th Regiment highlighted in green.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/luton-times-and-advertiser-saturday-18-november-1876.jpgLuton Times and Advertiser - Saturday 18 November 1876The Luton Times and Advertiser, November 1876.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/discharge-record2.jpgDischarge record2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/discharge-record1.jpgDischarge record12023-04-05T09:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2019/08/27/first-air-dropped-cw/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16821-a-british-sentry-on-the-main-street-of-lijma-16th-september-1919.jpgQ 16821-A British sentry on the main street of Lijma, 16th September 1919https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16818-bolshevik-prisoners-at-lijma-station-waiting-for-instruction-15th-september-1919.jpgQ 16818-Bolshevik prisoners at Lijma Station waiting for instruction, 15th September 1919https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16335-davies-crop.jpgQ 16335-Davies crophttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16335-plumber-crop.jpgQ 16335-plumber crophttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/m-bomb-test-001-cr.jpgM Bomb test-001-crhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/grantham-n-russia-re-lib-res.jpgGrantham N Russia RE Lib reshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16759-fairy-3c-seaplanes-preparing-for-flight-from-lake-onega-medvedje-gora-1919.pngQ 16759-Fairy 3c seaplanes preparing for flight from Lake Onega, Medvedje-Gora, 1919https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16148.jpgQ 16148https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16147-lord-rawlinson-interrogating-a-bolshevik-prisoner-on-the-railway-front.-north-russia-september-1919.jpgQ 16147-Lord Rawlinson interrogating a Bolshevik prisoner on the railway front. North Russia, September 1919https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/q-16329-cr-bomb.jpgQ 16329-cr bomb2023-04-05T09:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2017/10/24/the-gas-attack-at-caporetto-24-october-1917/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1000901cr.jpgP1000901crPlaque depicting the phosgene attack. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1000903crop.jpgP1000903cropA small cavern in the ravine in which the gas victims were caught is now a monument. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1000906.jpgP1000906A small cavern in the ravine in which the gas victims were caught is now a monument. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/p1000908.jpgP1000908A small cavern in the ravine in which the gas victims were caught is now a monument. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ge-seesselberg-overlay2crop.jpgGE Seesselberg overlay2CropThe shoot plan on a modern satellite photograph, showing the ravine behind the Italian lines targeted. (Simon Jones/GoogleEarth)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/seesselberg-419-copycr2contruse-for-blog.jpgSeesselberg-419The shoot plan for the projectors installed between Bovec to the north and the Soča (Isonzo) river to the south.  From Friedrich Seesselberg, Der Stellungskrieg 1914-1918, (E S Mittler and Son, Berlin, 1926), p. 419.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/q-88120-german-projectors.jpgQ 88120 German projectorsGerman gas pioneers installing firing charges in 18cm Projectors. (IWM Q 88120)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/q-48449-german-projectors-feb-1918.jpgQ 48449 German projectors Feb 191818cm Projectors laid out before being dug in, these photographs, apparently taken on the Western Front, show the same configuration as used on 24th October 1917. (IWM Q 48449).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/q-29949.jpgQ 29949Installing the electrical cabling for the simultaneous firing of the 18cm Projectors. (IWM Q 29949)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/26-gas-min-caporetto.jpg26 Gas min CaporettoThe German 18cm gas smooth-bore mortar bomb, an existing design employed with the gas projector.  (From S.S. 420 Notes on German Shells, second edition, General Headquarters, 1918.)2023-04-05T09:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2016/02/16/rossignol-wood/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rossignol-wood-cemetery.jpgRossignol Wood CemeteryNew Zealand graves in front of German burials in Rossignol Wood Cemetery. The cemetery contains 41 Commonwealth and 70 German burials. 2024-12-09T01:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/07/17/a-german-attack-on-a-wet-morning-april-1918-by-harold-sandys-williamson/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ge-accroche-stcrop.jpgThe sunken road was known as Accroche Street, seen today looking northeast; the Germans advanced from the right (GoogleEarth).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iwmart1986.jpgIWM ART1986 (c) Paul Williamson; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation2023-04-05T08:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/publications-and-papers/2022-08-04T10:48:01+00:00weekly0.6https://simonjoneshistorian.com/2014/02/02/anon-no-longer-the-author-of-man-at-arms-revealed/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gen-charsley-eeahyx_xgauzi8x-rot2-cr.jpg[Gen Charsley] EeAHyX_XgAUZi8x-ROT2-crThe 1930 His Master's Voice recording of 'The Menin Gate' by Peter & Herbert Dawson was credited to the composer Bowen but not the lyricist Haydon (Courtesy of Genevra Charsley).https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-daily-news-perth-wa-tuesday-28-january-1936-page-5.jpgThe Daily News (Perth, WA), Tuesday 28 January 1936, page 5The Perth Daily News, 28th January 1936, announcing the arrival of Eric Haydon.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/moldavia-dec-1935.jpgMoldavia Dec 1935Extract from the Passenger List of the Moldavia, en route to Melbourne, December 1935.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eric-haydon-dcm-citation-london-gazette-2dec1919.jpgEric Haydon DCM Citation London Gazette 2Dec1919Eric Haydon's citation for the Distinguish Conduct Medal, published in the London Gazette, 2nd December 1919.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eric-haydon-attestation-form-wo363.jpgEric Haydon Attestation form WO363Eric Haydon's attestation form showing his enlistment in the London Scottish on 4th February 1915. (National Archives WO363)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eric-haydon-crime-sheet-wo363.jpgEric Haydon Crime Sheet WO363Eric Haydon's Crime sheet showing the award of 7 Days Field Punishment Number One in July 1917 and his mention for gallantry in October 1918. (National Archives WO363)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/menin_gate_at_midnight_will_longstaff1.jpgMenin_Gate_at_midnight_(Will_Longstaff)Menin Gate at midnight (1927) by Will Longstaff (Australian War Memorial/ Wikipedia commons)2022-07-20T13:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/05/07/where-and-how-did-edward-brittain-die/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110007cropenh.jpgp1110007cropenhhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/isaac-rosenberg.jpgIsaac Rosenberghttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/roland-leighton.jpgRoland Leightonhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110007-croprotresenhcrop3.jpgP1110007 CropRotResEnhcrop3https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110007-croprotresenhcrop2.jpgP1110007 CropRotResEnhcrop2https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110614-midnight-14-15061918cropresenharrowcross.jpgP1110614 midnight 14-15061918CropResEnhArrowCrossThe deployment of British at the start of the battle. The 11th Sherwoods were holding the front line with D Company on the left and Brittain's A Company on the right; C Company was on the ridge summit behind. Machine guns R1 and R2 were deployed in front of the British wire, as was a picquet of ten men. The Austrian break-in is shown by the red arrow and the area in which Edward Brittain lost his life is shown by the cross. (23rd Division GS War Diary National Archives WO95/4229)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110539croprotresenh2.jpgP1110539cropRotResEnh2Edward Brittain's wounds recorded in his service record. (National Archives WO339/27827)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110519-consent-cropresenh.jpgconsentHis parents gave their consent to Edward's application, signing this statement written by him. (National Archives WO339/27827)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110471croprotres.jpgP1110471cropRotResNotification of the location of Edward's Grave sent to his father. (National Archives WO339/27827)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1110470-telegram-cropresenh.jpgP1110470 telegram cropResEnhThe War Office telegram sent to Edward's father on 22nd June 1918. 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Alois von Schönburg-Hartenstein, Commander of the 6th Infantry Division which held Monte San Michele during the 4th Battle of the Isonzo. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/monte-san-michele-debris.jpgMonte San Michele debrisBattle debris on Monte San Michele.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/monte-san-michele-cima-4-carso.jpgMonte San Michele Cima 4 CarsoThe heights dominated the front line and became the tactical headquarters of the Italian IIIrd Army, 1916-17. This is the view from Cima (Summit) 3 looking east across the Carso plain towards the line of Sept 1917 of the 6th -11th Battles of the Isonzo, before the Italian retreat. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/monte-san-michele-149mm-gun-embrasure.jpgMonte San Michele 149mm gun embrasureUnderground casemate for an Italian 149mm gun beneath Cima 3. 2022-05-24T08:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2019/11/25/ypres-poets/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tripadvisor-corinne-pphoto0jpg.jpgRamparts Cemetery YpresRamparts Cemetery (Corinne P/TripAdvisor)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/thiepval.jpgThiepvalThe 2019 War Poets Tour on the Sommehttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/barraud-entering-ypres-at-dawn-ngc__40715.jpgBarraud Entering Ypres at Dawn NGC__40715C H Barraud, Entering Ypres at Dawn (NGC40715)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/talbot-house-poperinge.jpgTalbot House PoperingeTalbot House, Poperingehttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/vads.jpgMay Wedderburn CannanVAD nurse May Wedderburn Cannan, third from right (maywedderburncannan.wordpress.com)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/peter-kollwitz-grave-marker-in-flanders-fields-museum.jpgPeter Kollwitz grave marker, In Flanders Fields MuseumPeter Kollwitz grave marker, In Flanders Fields Museumhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/menin-gate.jpgMenin GateThe Menin Gate (CWGC)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ramparts-cemetery-cwgc.jpgRamparts Cemetery (CWGC)Ramparts Cemetery (CWGC)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rijsel_2.jpgYpres RampartsYpres Rampartshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/barraud-the-great-square-ypres-29th-october-1917-ngc__40728.jpgBarraud The Great Square, Ypres 29th October 1917 NGC__40728C H Barraud, The Great Square, Ypres 29th October 1917 (NGC40728)2021-08-31T09:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2015/02/24/trenches-and-memorials-on-the-italian-front-around-caporetto-3/2019-10-24T13:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/2018/07/18/walking-the-five-battles-of-ypres/https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscn3932cr-e1578406583868.jpgYpres Battlefield tour Ariane Hotel'Medics & Padres' group in the private dining room of the Ariane Hotel, Ypres, August 2018.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/guided-historical-tours.jpgguided-historical-tourshttps://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p1030670cr.jpgGheluvelt Ypres Battlefield Walking TourThe Worcesters aimed for Gheluvelt Church. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p1040091.jpgKemmel Ypres Battlefield Walking TourMont Kemmel. (Simon Jones)https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dscf0032corr1.jpgLangemark Ypres Battlefield Walking TourRestored bunkers and a memorial wall in Langemark German Cemetery mark the front line from which chlorine gas was first used on 22nd April 1915 (Simon Jones). https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tce1000257.jpgMenin Gate Ypres Battlefield tourThe Missing of the Ypres Salient on the Menin Gate. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ypres_grand_placecr.jpgYpres Battlefield Walking tour Cloth HallThe rebuilt Cloth Hall, St Martin's Church and market square, Ypres.https://simonjoneshistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/a-4-worcs-pccorr.jpgWorcesters Gheluvelt Ypres battlefield walking tourThe meeting of the 2nd Worcestershire with the 1st South Wales Borderers in the grounds of the Chateau, 31st October 1914 (J. P. 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