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Neil York @johncopse

Great Grandson of Henry York, Barnsley Pals, Killed in Action at Serre 1st July 1916.

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Neil York@johncopse
1 Jul 2024
Rest peacefully, my hero. Swallowed up in victory. #Somme #WW1 #Barnsley #OTD
Henry York, Barnsley Pals.

ALT Henry York, Barnsley Pals.

Euston Road Cemetery, France.

ALT Euston Road Cemetery, France.

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Questions and Answers Episode 55 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/06/1… via @OldFrontLinePod

Questions and Answers Episode 55

In this latest Questions & Answers episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we tackle another fascinating collection of listener questions that uncover some of the lesser-known aspects of the Fir…

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Somme North: Serre to Thiepval oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/06/0… via @OldFrontLinePod

Somme North: Serre to Thiepval

In the first of a three-part series marking the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we explore the fighting in the northern sector of the battlefield on 1 July 1916. This episode examines…

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Organised visits to the #Somme in 1919 but at prices way out of reach of Joe Public. The London Evening News, 24th May 1919. #WW1.
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Advice for early battlefield visitors to the Western Front. Be careful or your accommodation may be an old dugout! The Daily News, 28th June 1919. #WW1 #Somme #Ypres
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An early morning visit
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Questions and Answers Episode 54 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/3… via @OldFrontLinePod

Questions and Answers Episode 54

For this episode of the Old Front Line podcast, we open the virtual mailbag once again for another Questions & Answers special covering some fascinating and lesser-known aspects of the First Wo…

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May 28
May 2026 update – caring for our headstones Independent scientific analysis into black spot staining is continuing, led by specialist partners. Alongside this, our teams have completed seasonal cleaning programmes, ongoing interventions and targeted trials. We remain committed to finding the most effective and responsible ways to care for our headstones. youtu.be/dOoojvgNlbs

May 2026 update – caring for our headstones

Independent scientific analysis into black spot staining is continu...

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Thunder in the Mountains with Tom Isitt oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/2… via @OldFrontLinePod

Thunder in the Mountains with Tom Isitt

In this special edition of the podcast we explore a lesser-known theatre of conflict from the First World War in Northern Italy with historian Tom Isitt. Tom’s new book – Thunder in the…

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May 17
New postcard: Normality returning to the Somme at Beaumont-Hamel after WW1. Washing on the fence outside the aptly named Cafe Renaissance.
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Questions and Answers Episode 53 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/1… via @OldFrontLinePod

Questions and Answers Episode 53

In this wide-ranging listener Q&A episode of Old Front Line, we dive into some intriguing and human questions thrown up by the Great War. We begin with the fate of the missing. With hundre…

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May 10
Rare original battlefield cross WW1. Hathersage, Derbyshire #lestweforget
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St Eloi Craters 1916 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/0… via @OldFrontLinePod

St Eloi Craters 1916

Step into one of the most chaotic and little-known battles of the First World War in 1916 with this episode of The Old Front Line, as we explore the Battle of the St Eloi Craters (March–A…

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The Battle of Aubers opened #OTD in 1915. It epitomises the British public's perception that #WW1 soldiers were sacrificed needlessly in over-the-top attacks. Jack Newman Gilbey was present with the 2/Welsh Regiment and later penned these sad words about the disastrous day.
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Questions and Answers Episode 52 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/0… via @OldFrontLinePod

Questions and Answers Episode 52

Step back from the battlefield and into the questions that bring the Great War to life in this special Q&A episode. Drawing on years of battlefield exploration and historical research, we tackl…

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Apr 26
Brigadier General James Riddell was killed in action while commanding the 149th (1st Northumberland) Infantry Brigade. His headstone records that he was killed leading his brigade just five days after arriving on the Western Front. 📍Tyne Cot Cemetery 🇧🇪
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The Bad Luck Battalion oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/04/2… via @OldFrontLinePod

The Bad Luck Battalion

With a special edition for ANZAC Day, in this insightful interview, playwright Arthur Meek discusses his project to bring to life the voices of Gallipoli veterans through oral histories and verbati…

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Apr 18
More than 350,000 hectares of French forest was cut down to supply the insatiable demands of the First World War - trenches, huts, railways, crates, fuel. So much timber was exported from Britain that the Forestry Commission was set up in 1919.
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Questions and Answers Episode 51 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/04/1… via @OldFrontLinePod

Questions and Answers Episode 51

In this in-depth Questions & Answers episode of The Old Front Line, we tackle four fascinating listener questions exploring the aftermath and realities of the First World War. We begin in …

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Questions and Answers Episode 50 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/04/0… via @OldFrontLinePod
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Apr 4
Returned home to Yorkshire last week and managed to take a picture of this fine memorial at St Mary's Church in Barnsley. George Bell's youngest brother Ernest, would join the 1st Barnsley Pals in 1914 and fought on the Somme in 1916.
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