Andy Arnold
@WW1geek_andy
Author: ‘Carshalton's First World War Roll of Honour'. Researching 1st Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Blog & book reviews at:
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At 1.55am on 2/12/17 my Gt Gt Uncle’s battn attacked on a moonlit night as part of an operation to secure the northern tip of the Passchendaele ridge. He was killed. At 1.55 last night we stood at the same location and remembered all those who died in the attack
Today is publication day for the paperback edition of my monograph Making Sense of the Great War at £29.99. I am yet to receive my author copies, but I don't need all of them, so will happily send one to someone who likes and RTs this. Find it here: bit.ly/4l1M5Gu
An honour to lay a wreath at the Menin Gate tonight, remembering my Great Great Uncle William MacDuff and the men of the 11th Border Regiment killed in action on 2nd December 1917
Ypres Burger may no longer be with us, but I can highly recommend Leo’s Burger, up near the gate 🤤
Not sure what was more terrifying today - climbing to the top of the bell tower at Messines church, or walking through a field with this beast in it to get to Torreken Farm cemetery!
The grave of Arnold Jacques Chadwick at Adinkerke. Flight Commander, DSC, and ace - all by age 21
First stop today was Zuydcoote Military Cemetery. I paid my respects to Gunner Harry Wayman of Carshalton - 12 years ago I helped to reunite his death plaque with his family but this was the first time I had visited his grave
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Paid a visit today to the grave of Barnes Wallis at St Lawrence's church, Effingham
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Tanks had a massive cultural impact in Britain during 1916 & 1917 – and public appearances such as this (in Toronto, 1917,) proved to be a huge factor in helping sell War Bonds - raising funds for the war effort. Footage courtesy of British Pathé
An ordinary bench provides an everyday reminder of the sacrifices made during WW2. Godfrey and Dora Woolven lived here in Park Hill, Carshalton Beeches, and dedicated this memorial to their son Godfrey, aged just 22 when he was killed in France in 1940 secretcarshalton.com/poignant-wwii-…
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It is with sadness that we share the news that the Grade II listed Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Trophy has been stolen from the Park. If you help with any info to return please contact the police using 101 or online, quoting CAD reference 3098/03Sep24. crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/theft-of…
Sgt Alexander Burt of the 2nd Bn The Royal Sussex Regiment captured this German machine gun whilst serving at the #Somme in 1916. He was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Conduct Medal. Alexander was mortally wounded on the 9thSeptember, dying 5 days later. @PWRR_Museum #medals
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Visited the grave of Bernard Freyberg today at St Martha on the Hill. VC, DSO and 3 bars. VC for actions taking Beaucourt on 13 November 1916. Nice war memorial in the church plus one CWGC burial in the churchyard
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