25 Apr 1862, Sir Edward Grey, Liberal politician, born. Between 1905 & 1916, was Foreign Secretary - longest continuous tenure of any holder of that office. On eve of #WW1, he said, ‘the lights are going out all over Europe & I doubt we will see them go on again in our lifetime’.
25 April 1925, #WW1 German field marshal Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) was elected 2nd President of Weimar Republic. Retired 1911, recalled Aug 1914. Victory at Tannenberg led to his appointment as C-i-C of German armies in East. Army Chief of Staff from Aug 1916 to June 1919.
As it is #ANZACDay #ANZAC#ANZAC2024 I thought I would publish again a podcast I recorded last year. We tell the story of Villers Bretonneux through the eyes of the soldiers who were there. #ww1
Podcast on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music
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Subject: L/Cpl Frederick Fisher VC St Julien 22nd April 1915
>signed ORIGINAL direct from the Artist, when it's gone it's gone!
>From a British artist who has exhibited at the Royal Academy in London!
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#OTD in 1915, Gaba Tepe a.k.a. Anzac Cove. The first of around 345,000 British, 79,000 French, 50,000 Australians and 15,000 New Zealanders arriving in the Gallipoli area. #WW1#HISTORY
12K Followers 0 Following#WWI goes Twitter tells the story of the Great War. It is a project of the Master in European History at the University of Luxembourg
6K Followers 0 FollowingReal time tweeting of original @ForeignOffice correspondence during the 1914 July Crisis that led to #WW1. Run by official @FCOhistorians
18K Followers 389 FollowingLives of the First World War tells the stories of individuals from across Britain and the Commonwealth who made a contribution in #WW1.
28K Followers 2K FollowingBringing you news, events, projects, podcasts and more from IWM & worldwide partners throughout the 2014-18 First World War Centenary.
7K Followers 6K FollowingI'm a Farnell WW1 soldier bear called Suth & born in 1915. I'm 107 yrs old & officially an antique! Only 3.5 inches tall. I live with Alan, Sir Edwin & Wallace.
3K Followers 68 FollowingRevisiting, photographing & understanding the battlefields of #WW1 during the #WW1Centenary & beyond. Blog editor is @sommecourt.
7K Followers 1K FollowingStories and events to mark @UofGlasgow community's service 1914-1919. Includes Glasgow University's Great War Project which ran from July 2014 to March 2020.
13K Followers 276 FollowingOn This Day 1914-18. Historian, Musician / Studio Engineer ,...My Free E book "Recognition The Worcestershire Regiment August 1917" below.
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4K Followers 1K FollowingLetters from my g-father & his brothers in #WW1 #OTD+100yrs / Letters only @BerrymanLetters /
Curated list of a/cs tweeting #otd+100yrs https://t.co/7QTx4mZXBz
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14K Followers 710 FollowingWorld War I FPS Games. Makers of Verdun, Tannenberg & Isonzo
Ascent is out now until April 30
Play on Steam, Epic Games, PlayStation 4|5 & XBOX One/Series X|S
2K Followers 26 FollowingA tweet a day during #WW1Centenary to remember the number from the UK recorded by @CWGC as making the ultimate sacrifice that day.
2K Followers 416 Followingin the trenches | german spy, fascist, NSFW: DNI | DM submissions | ran by @BanaCourier | other posting accounts: @HLMposting @freesideposting | he/she/they
656 Followers 68 FollowingOAM
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WW1 Australian War Graves in UK & Ireland.
My research can be found on Beth Page's website:
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12K Followers 6K FollowingNon-profit making photo website dedicated to British men and women who served in WW1, and their families. Join us. Remember them.Upload YOURS.
1K Followers 170 FollowingWe intend to provide an enduring flying collection of World War I Allied and German aircraft based in the UK flying from aviation heritage sites.
1K Followers 1K FollowingRemembering all men and women of Shropshire who died in WW1 in a Roll of Honour and by weekly services on the 100th anniversary of their death
2K Followers 2K FollowingFirst World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme - a national education programme run by UCL Institute of Education from 2014 to 2020
3K Followers 1K FollowingA community-led, @heritagelottery funded project to commemorate the men from Tyneside/Northumberland who fell in WW1. QAVS winner 2016. Tweets from Dan & Alan.
2K Followers 656 FollowingAcross the UK in cemeteries lay forgotten family inscriptions to those who fell in #WW1. They are listed here in memory to those who died for our today.
1K Followers 628 FollowingFootball Historian and Author/Researcher-Bolton Wanderers. All things football. Researcher for footballers killed in WW1-British and Irish league clubs.
972 Followers 237 FollowingThe Great War Aviation Society is a registered UK charity 1117741. Our role is to provide information and support research into aviation during WW1
2K Followers 270 FollowingAn account of what took place in East Africa during World War 1; from the Africans viewpoint if possible... (Sister account: FB: HistoryofthegospelinAfrica)
817 Followers 771 FollowingMy name is Yvonne Fenter, and I'm addicted to the @I_W_M Lives Of The First World War project @LivesOfWW1 for which I'm a volunteer. Views expressed are my own.
1K Followers 2K FollowingPhotographs of over 5,250 men and women from Hastings, St Leonards, Battle and the surrounding area who served their country during the First World War.
2K Followers 1K FollowingWW1 Commonwealth Contribution commemorates the role of the Commonwealth in WW1 by delivering educational lectures to schools and communities throughout the UK.
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1K Followers 591 FollowingWorld War One - Frontline News is a book that uses articles and interviews from long forgotten American newspapers to tell the story of World War One. 1914/18
1K Followers 128 FollowingCommemoration & human stories about Norfolk’s WW1 history at home and abroad. Staffed intermittently by a small team. Managed by Norfolk County Council
327 Followers 83 FollowingSalford remembers. Events and activities to commemorate WW1. Thanks to Roy Bullock's publication 'Salford 1914 - 1920' for some of our research material.
349 Followers 144 FollowingResearching the lives and stories of the men of The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment during the First World War. Tweets by Matt Ball
5K Followers 372 FollowingA photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of the Great War. Older sibling of @ww2cemeteries. Not interested in your political views, thanks.
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500 Followers 1 FollowingBritish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1905-16. Tweeting as part of @ForeignOffice WW1 July Crisis project. Follow @WW1FO.
132K Followers 4K FollowingAmerican College of Istanbul,University of Grenoble graduate, worked for Milliyet newspaper, Shell Co,administrator at NATO, author, reads WW 1 and 2 books
1K Followers 1K FollowingThis Heritage Lottery funded project commemorates the people, places and events of Coastal Kent in WW1 through an interactive website.
1K Followers 1K FollowingThis account is no longer active. We ran it for 4 years to commemorate the centenary of WW1 in East Sussex. For more local history, follow @TheKeepArchives.
403 Followers 452 FollowingSheffield WW1 & Now is a Twitter exhibition showcasing the amazing change 100 years makes to the City of Sheffield. For original source location please message.
3K Followers 105 FollowingX account accompanying the web site Turkey in the First World War by @altayatli ... All aspects of the Ottoman/Turkish participation in the First World War.
688 Followers 36 Following🇫🇷 🇬🇧 The Official Account of the YouTube channel WW1TV maintained by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson (LBD) and Paul Woodadge (PW)
#GreatWar #WW1 #FWW #History
2K Followers 736 FollowingThe twitter feed of the Goole First World War Research Group. We research the histories of Goole's men and women who served during WW1. [email protected].
953 Followers 416 FollowingRemembering the men of @LancsPolice, and its constituent forces, who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War, 1914 - 1918.
290 Followers 176 FollowingCommemorating the Centenary through a gaming platform, providing a fun and educational experience for youngsters around the world.
3K Followers 112 FollowingFrom Dan Snow @thehistoryguy and the team behind @TimelineWW2 and @TimelineCastles Shortlisted for the FutureBook Awards https://t.co/IQejkyUS98
702 Followers 1K FollowingWhere the fallen live forever, commemorating the men on the First World War memorials of Crewe & Nantwich. 300-page, hardback book published in July 2014...
707 Followers 338 FollowingMarking the centenary of WW1 in the borough by regular updates on what happened 100 years ago from the archives.
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217 Followers 105 FollowingThis exhibition closed in April 2015. Voices of War: UCL in WW1—an exhibition curated by 2013-2014 Museum Studies students in UCL's IoA. Tweets by @mayamakker
5K Followers 935 FollowingAuthor: ‘Carshalton's First World War Roll of Honour'. Researching 1st Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Blog & book reviews at:
851 Followers 333 FollowingNational Library of Wales and National Museum Wales project to remember The First World War in schools across Wales. Resources also on http://t.co/bfRaZ8yLxF
555 Followers 387 FollowingRemembering everyone from Shropshire who made the ultimate sacrifice in WW1 on the 100th anniversary of their death. May they rest in peace.
5K Followers 743 FollowingMilitary history, mainly First World War. Podcast, newsletter on Sub-stack. Oh, and funky t-shirts are here https://t.co/oEfe9RX1Ii
703 Followers 443 Following2015 publication 'Romsey Boys in the Great War' - chronicling the experiences of over 1,400 men from Romsey during WW1 - Pete Chapman & Simon Pearce
2K Followers 1K FollowingBuilding a data base of identified soldiers of the Leicestershire regiment & leicestershire yeomanry, shared with regimental website. ww1 enthusiast/collector
1K Followers 1K FollowingHistoric voices from Wakefield District during WW1 using diaries and autograph books curated by @WFMuseums. George Kellett's diary, White Rose Hospital and more
14K Followers 13K FollowingGratuitously interesting stuff or your money back! All you need is love. #history #travel #weather #science #animals #health #music
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2K Followers 813 FollowingGet involved in the life of a #WW1 soldier through social media. Join Walter Carter, his family & friends as they experience life at home and at war.