Nicholson Boulton, flying Ace & the man that shot him down, killing him.

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3 DAYS UNTIL THE ARMISTICE CENTENNIAL
No War Should Be Forgotten. No Veteran Should Be Forgotten. The needs your help to create the new National Memorial in the Nation’s Capital. https://t.co/YtIHFW20PZ

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Day 93 / 100 Years, 100 Days


Francis Wilkins was killed at Givenchy, France. The day before he’d taken a watch from a dead German soldier, even though his brother told him it would bring bad luck. He has no known grave.

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We are proud to commemorate centenary of World War 1 this week :

Year3 are enjoying Where the
Poppies Now Grow

Year4 are researching animals from Flo of the Somme

Year5 are focusing on women in WW1 with Peace Lily

Year6 are writing letters using A Song for Will

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As part of our WW1 project ‘Miners: The Minnie Pit Disaster’ we are touring ‘A Sigh of Coal’ a play about the Minnie Pit Disaster and Wilfred Owen. As well as schools there are free public performances. After each performance audiences can write their own poem

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(”☆ ☆)戦艦少女はWW1のおb・・・お姉さん組とかもいて楽しいですよね
(☆ ☆”)こちらはゲーベンさんとアヴェロフさんの地中海コンビ

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A bonus entry for day 6. This intriguing label for a jar of pickled plums claims that they were bottled on 4th August 1914, the day broke out.

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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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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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WE NEED YOUR HELP Our Veterans deserve a Memorial of their own. We are building the new National Memorial in Washington DC. Must be funded through private donations from people like you. https://t.co/YoplewRLpn

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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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