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Commemorations @ CWGC. Former Thiepval #CWGFIntern, and tour guide. Usually found in a red coat. ●all views my own● ⚫⚪
A privilege to witness the burial of an unknown casualty of the Black Watch, and an unknown casualty of a Scottish Regiment today at the opening of @CWGC Loos British Cemetery Extension.
Their Name Liverh Forevermore Private Elsie Handley, ATS Age 28 18 July 1944 Killed alongside her Mother & Aunt when a Lancaster crashed onto family farmhouse. Offley, (St Mary Magdalene) Churchyard Commemorated by @CWGC crash incident detail attached to Forevermore entry
As part of our grass improvement efforts, I carried out the scarification work today at the Heliopolis War Cemetery in Cairo. @AAPAComms @CWGC
World War Two tank traps on Blyth beach. Stormy weather and spring tides often reveal more relics from this period. #WorldWarTwo #Blyth #Northumberland
#OtD 22 Jul 2005 Brazilian commuter Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by armed London police at Stockwell tube station. Despite being restrained, he was shot seven times in the head and once in the torso. No officers faced charges related to his death stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9487/j…
Beamish WINS #MuseumOfTheYear 2025 and the £120,000 prize. 🏆 Congratulations to the team! @Beamish_Museum 🎉
Grave of Newcastle soldier killed during World War Two is identified in France after family's search for answers chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…
Discovery today with my new team of the very beautiful cemetery of Vignacourt in the Somme 🥀
Thank you, my Palestinian colleague, Mohamed Jarada, for the excellent work at the Ismailia Cemetery. @CWGC @HemaJaradah @AAPAComms
It’s about Tyne 🥳 It took a lot of lobbying but we are delighted the final funding for the Tyne Bridge restoration has been secured. We are already ahead of schedule with the restoration but this isn't just a paint job... ...more than 1,000 individual repairs are required 🤯
I was delighted to talk to the School Council from @West_Jes_School who took part in a service to honour the 11 members of the Norwegian Merchant Navy who lie under the care of @CWGC in the cemetery adjacent to their school.
Grainger Street, painted by Louis Hubbard Grimshaw in 1902. A favourite artwork of mine ❤️. #Newcastle #Northumberland
Good morning from @RAFMUSEUM! Come and visit @CWGC at the For Evermore trailer to learn more about those we commemorate, and how we're remembering VE and VJ Day. #VEDAY80 #VJDAY80 #CWGC
Tyneside Flats (note the classic side-by-side front doors) with neo-classical lintels and pilasters 🤌🏻😮💨
156 & 157 Linskill Street, 22nd April 1965 PLA 7.14.21 For Local History Month and to celebrate North Shields 800, Discover are posting a photograph of the streets of North Shields each day in May.
#OtD 23 Apr 1931 a communist newspaper in Germany published a list of taverns used by the Nazis. Anti-fascists then began a spate of attacks on taverns in which fascists met and organised. Unfortunately, it was insufficient to stem the Nazis' growth stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9531/a…