Tomorrow sees the start of our WWI Centenary Week which will begin with students laying 28 poppy wreaths at the foot of our own Tommy statue.
“My subject is war and the pity of war” Wilfred Owen: 1893 -1918

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Cameraman from The Great War. He has many untold stories to share. CDChallenge under theme Ghosts and Poltergeists.

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I'll be in Nottingham next week, exhibiting at as part of the . As well as a collection of my Footballers of the Great War series, I'll also be showing a couple of new pieces made especially for the exhibition.

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▶️ : le projet collaboratif / “Traces de la Grande Guerre“, questionne sur l'héritage contemporain de la à travers 18 histoires courtes. En partenariat avec “On a Marché sur la Bulle“, soutenu par ,

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Arthur Monger and pals, 337 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 1915.

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From tonight’s local history talk - responses on some of the 2,500 poppies we are creating w/ for public art installation ‘Honour Who Fell’
Back tomorrow for trenches to Middle-earth talk https://t.co/uguEPjg8Eu

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This Sunday (4th) presents a rare opportunity to view a monumental WW1 painting by Huddersfield artist John Hodgson Lobley. It will be on display at the Drill Hall's open day (near the University campus) from 1.30pm. https://t.co/pmdUuNl2Rm

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My Oz/WW1 comic coming next year.

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My submission for a WW1 commemorative project. I heard about the call for subs a couple of days before deadline and managed to piece this together in an evening ⚡️(well, I like it just fine 🙃).
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residents are invited to join & as they host a History Fair on 7Nov at .
This event will feature a drama from , a talk by the talented Gladys Mary Coles & more!
https://t.co/8gzjKrvy4C

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Y12 have been looking at significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial to the fallen in WW1 and other conflicts. The resulting ink studies are simply stunning!

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‘I regret to report that Submarine H5 having failed to return from patrol'. This is a sonar image of an H5 submarine sunk off the coast of recorded by & as part of a project researching U-boat wrecks

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in 1915, Elizabeth Cavell (a British nurse, and a pioneer of modern nursing) was executed for helping some 200 Allied soldiers to escape from German-occupied Belgium. In this we look at her inspiring life and deeds: https://t.co/UUXoxUdbJQ

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A few of the Scottish players that feature in my Footballers of the Great War series. You can find the whole series so far here: https://t.co/MKj4l9L1UU

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Footballers of the Great War No.28 - Jimmy Todd, & 16th Royal Scots.

Jimmy was the first footballer of to be killed.

https://t.co/07s7Ah142i

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I have 3 munitionette teams in my series, I'd love to add more. I would also add to my previous tweet that if you have any information on the colours of kits worn that would be a huge help. Please do drop me a line. https://t.co/MKj4l9L1UU

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Another great example of Bruce Bairnsfather humour in 'Some Snag' - first of today's centenary Fragments, originally published in The Bystander 100 years ago today, on 9 October 1918.

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