Battlefield guide: WW1 & WW2. Head of Langs at beautiful Cotswold boarding school. Mastermind Grand Finalist 2015. Views my own. Tweets en français et anglais.
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Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. On this day we would like to share the story of one of our Hillians, Albert Victor Newman, who fought to liberate the city of Caen.
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A smashing thread from @sommecourt here. Some helpful comparisons with #FWW can be made particularly for those teaching Medicine Through Time...
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After a week on the Somme researching for @KinghamThe, here was a tremendous find. It's an HP Sauce bottle, with a bit of label intact and remains of sauce still in the bottom. I've decided to keep the Somme mud too!
#ww1 #fww @kinghamhillsch
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WW1 was brought to life for the Year 4s when they visited @kinghamhillsch and were given an excellent hands-on talk by Mr Williams who greeted them wearing the uniform of a British soldier. They handled several artefacts including an aged bullet, plus a hand grenade!
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion demobilised back on return to Blighty last night.
As we return to our everyday lives, we pray we will remember the experience for many years to come.
We cannot help but remember those from our beloved Hill who never returned.
IN VIRUM PERFECTUM
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion were welcomed with open arms by Mr Williams's friends, Hans & Stephanie De Groote whose chocolate shop in Ypres is something of an institution. The troops went away well supplied!
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The @kinghamhillsch are on their way back to Blighty via Ypres. We left the Château d'Ebblinghem just before 0830 (CET) after a splendid four nights. Thank you to Quentin and the team for looking after us so we'll. À la prochaine !
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Finishing today at the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapelle, the @kinghamhillsch Battalion take in the splendour of its beautiful architecture. It was a particularly special visit for one of our pupils who found the name of one of his ancestors there.
@NSTHistory #fww #ww1
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion 2024. Here we were on the spot where Hillians Noel Bradford and Arthur Metcalfe went over the top together in the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion at the Battle of Givenchy on 16th June 1915.
@NSTHistory #fww #ww1
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A practical demonstration of the Small Box Respirator today for the @kinghamhillsch Battalion, courtesy of Mr Williams and the splendid folks at @khakidevil who supplied it.
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion visited the splendid and not often visited preserved battlefield at the Musée Vivant at Notre-Dame de Lorette to understand the French perspective of the Great War.
@NSTHistory #fww #ww1
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A sobering moment for @kinghamhillsch Battalion at Wellington Quarry, Arras. This is the stairway up which men sheltering underground advanced straight over the top into the Battle of Arras.
What would be going through the men's minds as they climbed these stairs?
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion ventured underground at Wellington Quarry this morning to learn about the impressive preparations for the Battle of Arras in 1917.
#fww #ww1 @NSTHistory @VilleArras
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It was WET this afternoon at Vimy Ridge for the @kinghamhillsch Battalion but the troops were unfazed and carried on regardless! #fww #ww1 @NSTHistory
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Come rain or shine, the @kinghamhillsch Battalion keeps on going. Here we are in the German trenches at Vimy Ridge in rather inclement conditions. @NSTHistory #fww #ww1
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Un grand merci à la @VilleArras qui nous a permis de déjeuner dans la cantine de l'École Anatole France ce midi. Votre gentillesse rend notre visite au marché beaucoup plus conviviale et amusante. À l'année prochaine ! @NSTHistory @NSTLanguages @kinghamhillsch
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This morning saw a bit of R&R for the @kinghamhillsch Battalion at the market in Arras. The pupils were challenged to buy the best picnic with just €5 each. It was great to hear them use their French in a real life situation. @NSTHistory @NSTLanguages
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion at the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval. The pupils later found the names of some of our Hillians among the 73,000 names commemorated here who were killed in the Battle of the Somme but have no known grave. @NSTHistory #fww #ww1
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The @kinghamhillsch Battalion surveying the preserved battlefield at Newfoundland Memorial Park on the Somme. #fww #ww1 @NSTHistory
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"I've got a question!" A lesson for the @kinghamhillsch Battalion on the lip of Hawthorn Ridge crater on the Somme. #fww #ww1 @NSTHistory @HawthornRidgeCA
