A retired Sapper with a passion for Military History and horse riding, with a particular interest in the Mounted Units of the Royal Engineers.
Joined October 2018
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Jun 14
"Looks like you've burned that Bridge then!"
me -"I don't think so, as a Sapper, I've dropped the bridge deck, blew the abutments & mined the approaches."
It wasn't what I wanted to do, but when faced with something that wasn't right it was best to take action, well best bash on.
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May 19
I've been asked by an Org to deal with problems in the org, I dig in & get details, answers not believed & then asked for evidence, evidence provided & then told the evidence is the fault of the individuals & not the org. WTF? Then Org adds to problem, and I ask myself why bother
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May 16
I really do need to pull my finger out on the Holt tractor post for the website......along with all the other articles....*sigh*...just fecking get on with it!
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May 13
Had a cracking W/E visiting the battlefields, Bit of research on RE Tunnellers Locations, Following up on a Hartshorne War memorial man named on the Menin Gate and doing a bit of battlefield guiding for a mate and few of his oppos around the Passchendaele area.
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May 13
Did a visit to the Hooge Crater Museum, some very good displays in there and quite a few RE/ Sapper specific displays.
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May 13
The Sunday was a bit of a surprise with a WW1 walk and talk around Brugge and finding out about the German U-Boats and their U-Boats Pens located on the canal harbour area at the north of the town.
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Apr 3
The understudy is bedding into her job quite nicely and she has definitely got the jist of the ratting malarkey, 5 confirmed in 7 days....no arseing around.
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Mar 28
Last Tuesday I was honoured to have been invited to give a History talk as part of the Penistone Arts Week. I looked at the village war memorial & researched the WW1 men that lost their lives & the battles they were involved in. A large number of these were Kitchener Volunteers
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Mar 28
At the end of the talk there was some questions and a discussion. The CCF members that attended were very keen to look at the display of 1914 pattern equipment and the kit used my Great War soldiers that I had with me.
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Mar 28
It was a great night, despite the weather, & I enjoyed giving the talk, but particularly the researching of the men and the battles. It was also great to chat with a relative of one of the men that had researched.
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Mar 27
Nice bit of Mounted Sapper info.
@REMuseum @RE_Hist_Society
Chum David Whamond served with 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers in 1914. He was a member of the Bournemouth and District Branch of The Old Contemptibles' Association before transferring to the Chatham (later titled Medway Towns) Branch in 1934.
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Mar 18
If you were a follower of Sgt Maj French, his account was hacked but he is back, give him a follow on his new account - He's a top bloke and there is the occasional post about horses....whats not to like!
Mar 17
‘I hear you were hacked, Sergeant Major.’
‘Yes, Sir.’
‘And you lost all your followers?’
‘Yes, Sir.’
‘Hard to take.’
‘Most of them were Army officers, Sir, so I really didn’t mind.’
@Kirky_Kirkwood #hacked #horses
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Mar 18
Currently putting the final touches to the talk that I'm giving next week at Penistone, Lots of research on the men named on the village war memorial & most of the Kitchener Volunteers going into the Service Battalions of the Y&L Regiment.
Its been a interesting bit of research.
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Mar 17
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Mar 17
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