The vast open landscape of the Loos Battlefield, where the fighting took place in September 1915. As I took this, Skylarks were high above, singing.

1/3 This is Ivan Bawtree. Between 1915 and 1920, he worked as a photographer for the Graves Registration Units, the predecessor of the Imperial (later Commonwealth) War Graves Commission. Commonwealth War Graves #FirstWorldWar #historyteacher #WOI

Today is the 109th anniversary of the Battle of Mons. But I’m not letting you get away without also remembering something else that happened on 23rd August 1914. What if I told you that c300 British soldiers died at Mons. At Dinant c700 civilians were murdered 🧵 WARNING -

An enhanced autochrome of a young girl in 1919, clutching a single poppy in a French field, a year after the Great War ended. A poignant autochrome, taken in colour 104 years ago by Gustave Gain. It is not colourised 😍

It’s a little way off yet, but I’m really looking forward to speaking in Ieper again at In Flanders Fields Museum next February. You can find out more here: inflandersfields.be//nl/kent20233 #ww1 #CWGC #architecture

A letter that accompanied 'a parcel of Christmas Cheer' sent by Kodak to war graves photographer Ivan Bawtree in 1917. #WW1

This Monday 15th I'll be heading to Western Front Association in Southend to give my talk 'Ypres: From Ruins to Restoration' using numerous photos taken by uncle Ivan Bawtree in 1919. #Ypres #WW1

Incredible sunset this evening, looking from southwest London.

Looking forward to heading to #Ypres this Thursday 7th to give a talk in the Cloth Hall about the work of my great great Uncle Ivan Bawtree, a war graves photographer during #ww1 inflandersfields.be/en/program/ken…

Watch the talk by Jeremy Gordon-Smith youtu.be/eMbKPDtc-5Q Ivan Bawtree has left behind a vast array of archives that tell the story of his work as a photographer with the Graves Registration Units on the Western Front from 1915 to 1919. War, Media & Society Western Front Association Unlocking Ypres

Solar Eclipse 2024 - a thread 🧵 1. Cleveland by Gabe Wasylko

Travelling to France for #DDay80? Fancy seeing some lesser-known #WW2 locations connected to #DDay & the Battle of #Normandy? Then I hope this is thread is of interest!

Greetings from Dunkirk. Any tips regarding any in situ relics from 1940 to look out for?

Nice to meet some serving German soldiers tonight who are here as part of the wider European commemorations for #DDay80 and Ken Cooke was pleased to meet them too.

A shipwreck from 1940, the 'Claude London', I found walking along the beach at #Dunkirk toward Zuydcoote. Plenty of bunkers too. #WW2

On Thursday 26th September I'll be visiting the Spalding branch of Western Front Association to give my talk 'Ypres: From Ruins to Restoration.' It's a visual tour of the ruined town in 1919 using the photographic record of my great great Uncle Ivan Bawtree. #WW1