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RT @wartimeni: THE LAST POST - This is our tactical withdrawal from X. Feel free to engage with us on multiple other fronts. 🦋 BlueSky 📷 I…
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A quick video from this time last year. It's called "Bomber in the Back Garden" and with good reason. The full story is available here:
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What's the smallest area you can crash a Whitley bomber in? One came down in Belfast on 21st January 1943. We've got the answer over on TikTok:
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This is William John Thompson “Jack” Gracey of the Ulster Special Constabulary. On 20th January 1945, unarmed and returning from duty, he apprehended two young men in the Co. Down townland of Ballyrush. Find out who they were and what they were up to here:
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RT @SligoChampion: The longest yarn – a story from World War Two captured in an exhibition made of wool at Enniskillen church #sligo https…
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Ophthalmological and Optical Specialists examine a soldier in the minor operating theatre of a Military Ophthalmic Centre at No. 31 (London) General Hospital, Musgrave Park, Belfast. Photo taken on 19th January 1942 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge. (IWM H 16731)
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Ulstermen with 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers killed on 18th January 1944 at Garigliano. Sgt TA Blemings Fus W Erdis Maj AM Grant Cpl. W. Kerr L/Cpl TP Lambert Fus J Maguire L/Cpl L McCann Cpl R Moffatt Fus E Mooney L/Cpl F O'Kelly Fus J Sharkey More:
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RT @wartimeni: Watching S.A.S. Rogue Heroes and want to know a bit more about the real "Paddy" Mayne? Simply download the @guidltours app,…
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Watching S.A.S. Rogue Heroes and want to know a bit more about the real "Paddy" Mayne? Simply download the @guidltours app, search for "Paddy" and let us take you on a storytelling tour of Newtownards. #SASRogueHeroes
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RT @wartimeni: We've got a few new followers on here recently. Thanks, and welcome aboard. You can help us continue our research as well a…
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Major-General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin M.C., an officer of 5th Division taken somewhere in Northern Ireland. Photo taken on 16th January 1942 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer. (IWM H 16747)
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We've got a few new followers on here recently. Thanks, and welcome aboard. You can help us continue our research as well as keeping the website and podcast going for the price of a coffee or half a pint of stout! We've got plenty more tales to tell!
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RT @robert_lyman: You’ve heard (and seen) all the hype, now you can learn the truth. @ScottEdgarni and the @wartimeni team have produced a…
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On 15th January 1942, Convoy AT-10 departed from the eastern seaboard of the U.S.A. Unknown to most troops onboard, the destination was Northern Ireland. (IWM H 16829) Find out more here:
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German prisoners of war in Northern Ireland? There were more than you'd think. Find out more of Episode 11 of the podcast:
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On 12th January 1945 a new intake of P.O.W.s arrived at Elmfield Camp. Within days two members of the German infantry, a Fallschirmjäger, and an airman were on the run, heading for the railway lines near Tandragee. How far did they get? Find out here:
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@jggb1 @cormacmoore Thanks Gavin. I've been chatting to Cormac and so far we've been unsuccessful in tracking down any surviving family members.
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If you've taken the tour, we'd love some feedback.
We planned to announce this tomorrow but the Guidl team went rogue and set off through the line with all guns blazing. So here it is, our first Guidl tour. Meet the real Lt. Col. Blair Mayne and follow in his footsteps. Download the app and search "Paddy Mayne". @guidltours
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Brigadier A.E. Hawkins, an officer of 177th Infantry Brigade, 59th Infantry Division taken somewhere in Northern Ireland. Hawkins commanded 177th Infantry Brigade until 10th August 1942. Photo taken on 13th January 1942 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge. (IWM H 16667)
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