Rest peacefully, my hero. Swallowed up in victory. #Somme #WW1 #Barnsley #OTD

Trench Chat: Hawthorn Mine Crater oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/11/07/tre…

🌹Few moments in television are as profoundly moving as the final scene of #Blackadder Goes Forth.

The laughter falls silent. Our heroes go over the top. And the battlefield fades into a field of poppies.

A heartbreaking reminder of a generation lost.

Pozieres British cemetery.

Questions and Answers Episode 62 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/10/31/que…

It is now 37 years ago that the last episode of #Blackadder Goes Forth was screened. This TV gold concluded 3 hrs of unmatched of comedy to many of us. But there was a deeper message throughout encapsulated in this moving final scene.
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In this episode we visit the Arras battlefield and discover the story of a cavalry attack in April 1917 at Monchy Le Preux. We tell the story through the eyes of the men who were there, including 1 man who was saved by his horse. #WW1
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Somme: Stump Road to Regina Trench oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/10/24/som…

'The Flanders Watch' by Laser Hut. Installed in time for remembrance season, this impressive 7-foot-tall welded steel sculpture is outside St. John The Baptist Church, Royston, #Barnsley #WW1 #WW2

Questions and Answers Episode 61 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/10/17/que…

The Missing of 1914 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/10/10/the…

This episode is now available for download and is an incredible interview with @SimonVerdegem

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Questions and Answers Episode 60 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/10/03/que…

Somme: Mighty Thiepval oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/09/26/som…

Questions and Answers Episode 59 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/09/19/que…

The Great War Around Us oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/09/12/the…

One of an excellent recent series covering the #Somme in 1916 delivered by @historian1914 and @DanHillHistory. #WW1

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This week we travel to #Passchendaele and discover previously untold stories about 2 boys from the opposite ends of the world. Neil Newsum was a bespectacled student from Lincoln and Herbert Harris was from New Zealand. What became of them? #WW1 #Ypres
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Battle of Albert. Troops of the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (5th Division) advancing in artillery formation parallel to the Bucquoy - Achiet-le-Petit road to capture Achiet, 21 August 1918. IWM (Q 11504)

24 Aug 1914: British #Captain Robert Campbell is captured during World War I. He wrote to German #Kaiser Wilhelm asking if he could see his dying mother back in England. He agreed if Campbell would return to the prisoner of war camp, which he did. #History #OTD #HistoryMatters oFYT