Private H E Day, 15th Hussars, lost a leg in #WW1. 20 years later he is selling poppies in the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey. It is dawn on 11th November 1938. Penny for his thoughts...

Just some of the 7000 plus graves at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery.

Absolutely delightful ⁦Imperial War Museums⁩ video (MWY 83) of survivors of Operation Longcloth (the first Chindit expedition) in Imphal after walking c1,000 through Upper Burma, May 1943. In one shot you can see Mike Calvert on the left.

Northern Lights at Grootebeek British Cemetery 🇧🇪 ©️ Geert Depuydt

Combining archival research from Tanzania and the UK, our Non-Commemoration Programme has identified the probable location of a cemetery for potentially thousands of African carriers who died in British service during the First World War. Read more on our website:

Veterans’ interviews undertaken by our Non-Commemorations Programme team in Nairobi hold deep meaning – giving forums to the long forgotten silent memories to become voices that can be shared across the globe with diverse communities. Discover more: cwgc.org/our-work/blog/…

A letter written in 1919 by a German Jewish soldier who later emigrated to Israel may hold the key where Irishmen who died in WW1 are buried. Kudos to my fellow GTI Travel - The Group Travel Specialists battlefield guide Iain McHenry who has spent years trying to locate the remains of the men from the 2nd

Today is London Poppy Day! Look out for volunteers and Armed Forces personnel collecting donations for the Royal British Legion’s #PoppyAppeal at TfL and Network Rail stations. And if your travelling by train or tube, listen out for this special message from Bill Bailey ❤️

This year for Remembrance help us tell every story at For Evermore cwgc.org

‘Sleep on, dear Ron, in a grave we may never see. May some kind hand, place flowers for Dad and me.’ So reads the inscription on Private Ron Strickland’s grave from his Mum and Dad. I don’t know if they saw his grave at Forli; I hope so. This week I laid a poppy in his memory

'Evening Quarters: The Lookout at Cannon Street Anti-Aircraft Station' (1917) by Ronald Gray (Imperial War Museums)

'The Pool of London during Dockland Air Raids, 1940' by Charles Pears (Guildhall Art Gallery)

#OTD in 1939. Two soldiers paying their respects at a British #WW1 cemetery. #HISTORY

So whatever your feelings about the US election are the best insurance for all our security is to invest in our own defence & security right across Europe. We don’t need ridiculous“European armies” or an EU defence rival to NATO. We need to all invest 3% GDP across the Alliance.

🇩🇪 is planning to reintroduce national service to strengthen its national and collective deterrence & defence capabilities and build up a strong reserve. The new legislation was approved by the Cabinet today and will be debated in the Bundesrat and Bundestag early next year. 1/2

Trump’s victory shows Europe must stand on its own feet – that’s the way to keep the US on board telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/0…

A bit of time to kill at Euston so had a quick look at one of my favourite war memorials.

France Lost Generation 🥀 During 1561 days France lost -1.39m killed -3.59m wounded -1.1m left disabled -120,000 amputated or disfigured -687 shot "A man with no memory is a man without life, a nation without memory is a nation without a future" -Ferdinand Foch #greatwar

Macron has gone out of his way to signal the importance of the 🇬🇧🇫🇷relationship on this Remembrance Day. The drive up the Champs Élysée in a command jeep is very unusual.

In a historic act of #Remembrance, Emmanuel Macron & Keir Starmer commemorated #ArmisticeDay at the Arc de triomphe, reviving a moment last seen in 1944 when de Gaulle and Churchill stood united. A profound symbol of resilience, unity, and friendship. #Armistice #RemembranceDay