@historyandmoore
Military and 20thC Historian and Battlefield Tour Guide. Co-founder of the Great War Group. http://historyandmoore.com - history blogs, media work, talk requests and more Disney/Sweet Treats/WBA Black Country wench now transplanted into Shropshire
So now I've officially stopped working, its time to get ready for the arrival of Baby Moore!
Starting off with the wonderful Winnie the Pooh baby shower we had yesterday arranged by my mom and sisters, who did a fantastic job as always ❤️
Can't wait to meet you soon little one ❤️
110 years ago, Émile Driant and thousands of others were killed in the opening days of Verdun.
To mark the anniversary, I’ve reworked my short film on the battle, told in 5 minutes.
If you cant name the 4 men pictured...then you need to watch!
▶️ Verdun 1916: 300 Days of Hell
youtu.be/GoE6datjY4Q
Want to learn more about Verdun, here are some videos:
Introduction to the battle:
youtu.be/uYmsMIgV7gU?...
Verdun Battlefield today:
youtu.be/TGh_gEeA5lI?...
A Soldiers Story of Verdun:
youtu.be/GbtVcYWw1FA?...
Now and Then Photos: youtu.be/ibDJSUu8fB0
7:15am
German bombardment begins.
The Battle of Verdun starts.
~300 days of fighting.
~70% of the French Army rotated through
16,142 French soldiers lie at Douaumont
130,000 French and German in the Ossuary
“One of the saddest places I know.” Richard Holmes ✍️
#Verdun110
My last Last Post Ceremony for a little while. An exciting few months coming my way but I shall miss Ypres ❤️
Back to it posting after an unintended, but appreciated, period away from social media.
I'm back on the battlefields for two days, before taking my Maternity Leave!
A Bedford House @cwgc.bsky.social visit where the crocuses are already blooming beautifully.
What wonderful news Lindsey! ❤️❤️
Had such a great time on Anglia Tours guide training, as always.
Thank you to everyone involved: the office for organising, guides who volunteered to do stands.
And a big thank you to everyone for being such great colleagues and friends! One more tour to go in 25, but now on to 2026!
usually posting open calls,I thought why not trying other way round
I might need a writing retreat for academic year2026/27 for1 to 3months
Interested to host historian of late HabsburgMonarchy's Diversity?
Any suitable fellowships around that I can apply for?
thanks in advance, tamara
Right, Normandy in May with the fam. Aiming to spend at least 1 full day history dadding, maybe the whole family, maybe just me and 6yo history fan, Teddy. If one was to look to do and see as much 1944 as possible, where should one be going?
(Teddy likes planes and tanks).
Had a few days away from social media whilst I've been on holiday in Malta for my mom's 60th birthday! Still today and tomorrow to go and my 2nd visit to this island has not disapointed! Tell you what though, its weird seeing Christmas decorations go up in 20+C weather! 🤣
The inscription of 2nd Lt Bovey in Lijssenthoek who died of wounds received in the Bluff Sector whilst leading a patrol.
'And so make life, death and that vast for-ever one grand sweet song.'
Aged 23, son of Alfred and Jennie Bovey of 165 St John's Hill, Battersea.
The inscription of 2nd Lt Bovey in Lijssenthoek who died of wounds received in the Bluff Sector whilst leading a patrol.
'And so make life, death and that vast for-ever one grand sweet song.'
Aged 23, son of Alfred and Jennie Bovey of 165 St John's Hill, Battersea.
Trench dug in limestone rock, overgrown with trees
Italian WW1 trench near Bosco Malo (Hudi Log) on the Carso, dug in summer 1917, untouched since then (except by brush fires in 2021).
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Remembrance Sunday 2025
Photo of crowded London streets, open top buses crowded with people observing silence. (Rol Photo Agency via Gallica https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53155602x)
The 11am silence on Armistice Day, London, 11th November 1925.
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Remembrance Sunday 2025
#OTD in 1917, Pte Thomas Willetts of Blackheath, Staffs was killed whilst serving with 14th Bn Worcs Regt (Pioneers). A prewar labourer, his body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Tynecot Memorial. 35 year old Thomas left behind widow Emily and children Florrie, Doris and Thomas.
Zohran Mamdani in New York
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
#OTD in 1917, Pte John Blakeway of Blackheath, Staffs was killed serving with 205 Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) in positions at Fitzclarence Farm. Aged just 19, John was buried in The Huts Cemetery.
#OTD in 1916, Pte Wilfred Dunn of Rowley Regis was killed was serving with 2nd Bn Worcs Regt whilst involved in an attack on positions ending at BENNET Trench, between Lesboeufs and Le Transloy. A pre war coal miner, Wilfred's body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
It's almost like every warning from economic experts about Brexit was true. Imagine that. And yet, many people who voted for Brexit are now turning to Farage - the very architect of Britain's economic downfall. The absolute madness of all this.
Since I like stats - more people were killed and injured in mass shootings in the US yesterday than in the UK in 2023-2025. Unless today and tomorrow are unusually quiet more people will be killed and injured in mass shootings in the US by wednesday than in the UK since 2020.
Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
#OTD in 1916, Pte John Edward Beale of Old Hill DOW received whilst serving with 14th Bn Worcs Regt. A miner prewar, he left behind widow Harriet and 2 children - Dorothy and John. John is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt l'Abbe. His brother Harry was killed 3 months later in Iraq.
#OTD in 1918, Sapper Clifford Simnett of Blackheath, Staffs was killed in action near CHERENG whilst serving with 74th Div Signal Company, R.E. His original grave was located in Baisieux Churchyard but was concentrated in 1929 to Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt.
My next book comes out on the 30th November 2025 & I have updated a blog explaining the rationale behind it which you can find via the link below
#WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli #history
stevesmith1944.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/t...
Delighted to announce that we're adding to the Moore clan! What's that phrase about new house, new baby?! 😊
Coming April 2026. Can't wait to meet you, little one ❤️
Blog post:
historyandmoore.com/2020/10/11/4...
Podcast with Terry of Tales from the Battlefields Podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/5vWD...
Thread:
Today has marked the 110th anniversary of the actions at the Hohenzollern Redoubt - a truly dark day for the men of 46th North Midland Division and their families.
If you'd like to know more about that day, you can read my blog and listen to a podcast I've recorded (posted below):
