David Doughty

#WW1 Troops load and reload their heavy guns & the noise is deafening #BattleOfTheSomme - ddoughty.com/the-colour-of-…

3 Aug 1914, Sir Edward Grey (1862-1933), Liberal MP, as he was looking out from his window at the Foreign Office, with first of gas lights along the Mall being lit, said to a friend, ‘the lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime’. #WW1

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Neale ❤️❤️ How good to have crowds back at the #BigFreeze8! 👏 📸: Fox Footy

A magnificent sight as a sea of @FightMND beanies are seen at the G today 🙏🏼 #AFLPiesDees

Thanks for inspiring us, Neale ​❄️

The gals getting around @melbournefc + @FightMND. 😍 #DemonSpirit | #BigFreeze8

“I think having a leader and mentor in Dais from the get-go has helped me set myself up and helped set the club up.” From then to now, @lily_mithen has never stopped admiring @DaisyPearce6. 🥺 📝: mfcde.es/39CvzNZ

One of the more unusual line-ups at Lord's ... the Vic Lewis XI for a charity game v Middlesex, June 10th 1973. Among the side are Elton John, Michael Parkinson, Ed Stewart, Wes Hall, Nicholas Parsons, David Frost, Gerald Harper, Peter Cook, Brain Rix and Malcolm McFee

@melbournefc That is great news.

Our premiership coach isn't going anywhere. 😍 Simon Goodwin has secured his future in the red + blue. ✍️ 📝 | mfcde.es/3yepf9z

A Happy New Year 2022 from Antiques Trade Gazette. Visit our website for the latest news and an update on our latest issue:: atg.news/3mnSLmD

Good morning. May 2022 bring you all that you wish for. (don't turn the volume on, eh what). Take care, stay safe, and nope, we are not open today.

#ParrotsAtoZ B is for blue-fronted fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii), NW New Guinea. Was nominate subspecies of this recently-split species. Pic of a captive pair, female behind, at Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Germany, by “writhedhornbill” flic.kr/p/mAP1w7

Love ya Sammy, happy birthday little man and always in our hearts 😘🙏

@melbournefc A great photograph of the great Ron Barrassi.

“It means a lot. It means something special." ❤️ Ron Barassi reflects on the emotions surrounding Melbourne's drought-breaking premiership. 📝: mfcde.es/3DvO9kn | 📸: David Caird/Herald Sun

13 Nov 1916, after losing conscription referendum, Billy Hughes, #Australian Prime Minister, resigned. Formed government of his own followers supported by opposition Liberal Party. Led to creation of Nationalist Party. Easily won 1917 election. Stayed in office until 1923. #WW1

6 Nov 1918, recovering from wounds, Lt Alan McLeod, Canadian RAF pilot, died, aged 19, from flu. Buried Winnipeg (Old Kildonan) Presbyterian Cemetery. Awarded Victoria Cross. While plane on fire & wounded, climbed onto fuselage & landed aircraft, saving wounded observer. #WW1

7 Nov 1867, Marie Curie, first woman to win Nobel Prize, born. In #WW1, she was director of Red Cross Radiology Service developing mobile units, which were used to assist battlefield surgeons. It is estimated that over a million wounded soldiers were treated with her X-ray units.

8 Nov 1914, on way to New York, Italian liner Ancona torpedoed & sunk in Mediterranean off Tunisia by German U-38 under Austrian flag, as Germany & Italy not officially at war. 200+ lives lost, including 10 to 20 US citizens, causing Secretary of State Lansing to protest. #WW1

9 Nov 1914, in one of few single ship encounters of #WW1, German light cruiser Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney commanded by Cpt John Glossop RN in Battle of Cocos. Emden beached on North Keeling Island. Suffered 134 dead & 65 wounded & Sydney 4 dead & more than dozen wounded.

9 Nov 1915, en route from Salonica to Marseilles, SS Californian, troopship for #Gallipoli, torpedoed by German U-34. While under tow, torpedoed again & sank 60 miles SSW of Cape Matapan. 1 died, 2 injured. Famous for inaction during sinking of Titanic despite being closest ship.