Walker of Battlefields. Trustee, War Memorials Trust. MA in Military History. Bristol Area IC Member. Researching HMS Birnbeck (1941-46).
North Somerset, England
Joined May 2011
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Beautifully illustrated version of my #Clevedon Military History Trail by @ECMillustration available as a free downloadable PDF from @DiscovClevedon courtesy of #ClevedonBID. Dig below the surface and every town and village has a fascinating story to tell. discoverclevedon.co.uk/wp-co…
Watercolour painting of Middle Hope Cove near Weston-super-Mare, painted by David Marriott in 1985. A bargain buy at £5 from a local charity shop. Why is it of interest? Well, Middle Hope was one of the test sites used by the #BirnbeckPier based Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (1941-45) - a team of scientists known as the ‘Wheezers and Dodgers’. They tested ‘Baseball’ there, which was the Royal Navy’s version of Barnes Wallis’s ‘Bouncing Bomb’ #WW2 #BarnesWallis @KYPNorthSom @BirnbeckTrust
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All back up and running with warmemorialsonline.org.uk now.
Apologies to anyone who was impacted last week.
Someone has just sent me this 1941 quote covering repair work for a house in Queens Road #Clevedon. The damage was caused by a #Luftwaffe raid during the night of the 4/5 January. A bomb exploded just outside the @CurzonClevedon killing an off-duty soldier and damaging the facade of the theatre. The full story is here: walkingthebattlefields.com/2… – at Clevedon, England
I seem to have started collecting First World War China with the #Clevedon crest. I just can’t help myself ….. #WW1 #FWW #GreatWar #CrestedChina
Arrest made after fire at Hitler's famed Eagle's Nest retreat #Kehlsteinhaus #WW2
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We're proud to host Clevedon's Remembrance Sunday service on the Pier on Sunday, 8 November. Join us as our community comes together to remember those who served and sacrificed. Admission will be free between 10am and 11am for those attending the service. All are welcome.
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Please accept our apologies. War Memorials Online has been taken down due to the global PHP vulnerabilities issue. It will be live again as soon as it is safe to do so. warmemorials.org/ is still live and includes plenty of info including how to apply for funding:
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#OnThisDay 221 yrs ago in 1805 @RoyalNavy was successful in defeating the Franco-Spanish Fleet at #Trafalgar confirming British superiority of the seas. Lord Nelson died before the end, having done his duty, handing over Command to another great commander Admiral Collingwood.
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Sneaked out of the office to the memorial service in the crypt of St.Pauls. The bugles in those acoustics gave me goosebumps. #trafalgarday
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1. Aust Ferry Foot Passengers Only 1920s
2. Aust Ferry Undated
3. Aust Ferry c1962-63 (Ann Knowlson)
4. Aust Ferry c1962-63 (Ann Knowlson)
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#Teachers - are you preparing an #Assembly or #LessonPlan for #Remembrance.
Visit learnaboutwarmemorials.org for Primary and Secondary level resources to save you some time
ALT Screenshot from website showing Primary Assemblies
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Preserve the name of the National Memorial Arboretum - Sign the Petition! c.org/9BXFDjqvg8 via @UKChange
The #Volgograd Panorama Museum from the Volga river, image captured on #VictoryDay 2002. To the right of the museum (the round building), the red brick ruins are the remains of a flour mill. Beyond that one can just make out the roof line of a building built on the site of the famous House of Pavlov. Part of the original structure is preserved in the newer construction. If there is a location where the tide turned for the Wehrmacht during #WW2 then this riverside enclave would surely qualify #Stalingrad
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Can you help us to check the condition of Nathan Neville Levene #WarMemorial, in #Blackpool, #Lancashire? Is it still Very bad?
We need photos and information added to warmemorialsonline.org.uk/me… or email using our details at warmemorials.org/contact-us.
#ThankYou for your help
ALT Nathan Neville Levene war memorial cMike Coyle 2018 via WMO
On this day - at 10:20 in the morning, 16 October 1970, two of Clevedon Pier's eight spans collapsed during a load test. On hearing about this calamity, local man Ralph Fryer went home and picked up his cine camera. He recorded the scene on Clevedon beach before heading down to Clevedon Pill, and then returning to the pier aboard his boat in order to capture close up shots of the damaged structure. This is the footage that Ralph shot, now safely preserved in the South West Film and TV Archive @clevedonpier youtu.be/Y2UDp7NpXFU?si=55W1… – at Clevedon, England
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After being recovered near St Julien in 2021, the remains of a British soldier have been identified through DNA analysis as Lance-Corporal Claude Stanley Dell of the Yorkshire Regiment.
Today he was laid to rest at Poelcapelle British Cemetery in the presence of his relatives.
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In 1998 the acclaimed motor racing photographer #LouisKlemantaski visited Birnbeck Pier with two other DMWD (Wheezers & Dodgers) veterans. He sketched out sites near Weston-super-Mare that were used for secret weapons testing during #WW2. I used @ChatGPT to create an interactive @googlemaps and here it is: google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1…
