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"Gone, gone again, May, June, July, And August gone, Again gone by, Not memorable Save that I saw them go" --Edward Thomas writes "Gone, gone again" on 3 Sept. 1916 during #BattleoftheSomme. His lovely poem can be read here: behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2016/09/gone-g…

Liberation! The Great Swan continues swanning as Shermans from Guards Armoured Division pass an American Jeep in Antoing, just across the Franco-Belgian border south of Tournai #OTD in 1944. En route to Brussels, they would reach it later that day.

For Merchant Navy Day. My grandfather Blue Star man Gordon Maurice Barnes (killed 16.02.41 aged 48) and his best known ship the majestic Arandora Star. Gordon was RNR and returned to Grey Funnel in 1940. He is buried at North Shields.

I’d love to see the elaborate drainpipe in action 👇

Jewish memorial in Den Bosch, commemorating 293 Jewish citizens murdered during WW2. The youngest 4 months old, the oldest 86 years old. Because of this, the city’s Jewish community practically ceased to exist. Reading the names & ages drives home the evil of antisemitism.

So do I, they’d look good on my garden wall 👇

Secretly I always knew Jacques was frightened of spiders, now a client has actually confirmed my suspicions... The clients were floored when they realised that a third brother was present at the time 👇

Eighty years ago Brussels had been liberated. The enemy was in full on retreat. 5 September would be known as Dolles Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday) due to the sheer numbers retreating. Slowly but surely that retreat would start to slow down, regroup and reorganise #OpMG

This pigeon was awarded the Dickin Medal as a result of a flight he undertook through a severe tropical storm on 12 July 1945. 🎖️ Flying 65km in 50 minutes, the pigeon carried a rescue message from a floundering boat to Madang, allowing it to be salvaged.

Ravilious posts return tomorrow but alas lack of time means that daily posts won’t be possible anymore but you’ll get some wonderful artwork from the world of Ravilious & Co (inc the amazing Tirzah) every weekend. Enjoy!

Projected on a building in Arnhem....stunning! Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 you seen this yet? #arnhem

Where #WW1 met #WW2 - Field Marshal Montgomery visits the Canadian First World War memorial at Vimy Ridge #OTD in 1944. Monty had served there in 1916 as a Staff Officer.

The Belgian city of Ypres was liberated #OTD in 1944 by General Maczek’s 1st Polish Armoured Division, and his men attended the Last Post which had been silent for four years. This photo shows British Gunners soon after the liberation at the Menin Gate in September 1944.

A Lancaster display against a beautiful sunset - is there a more graceful sight or sound? 🌅🌊✈️ It’s been a fantastic evening at International Ayr Show - Festival of Flight, and we will be back for more tomorrow! #Ayr #Scotland #festivalofflight #eveningdiaplay #sunset #lancaster #BBMF

It’s such a lovely start to the day out here on the Ypres Salient, the dew is absolutely beautiful highlighting the spiders webs etc., everything feels and smells so fresh 👇

Crossing the great divide, Irish Peace Park, Messines: “Died not for flag, nor King or Emperor. But for a dream born in a herdman’s shed.” Tom Kettle.

If we had met for a third time today Jo Hook Belgian tradition would have meant you pay for a drink.

Today I bumped into an Irishman once in the morning/once in the afternoon & suggested that he might like to visit the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge in Artillery Wood. I was astounded when he replied "why would I visit him? He's 16th Irish Division - Catholics - Southern Ireland,

The dawn this morning was absolutely sublime. I can’t begin to describe the variety of blues of the sky that came through the rising of the sun. The differing greens of the trees and the colour of the land prominently standing out against the sky. Breathtakingly beautiful!

Powerfull time document. Images of the Last Post Ass. Ieper in the early sixties.