Peter Doyle

A rare December chance to see the largest collection of 1914 Princess Mary Gifts gathered in one place, hear @ProfPeterDoyle talk about the Indian Spice Tin & @Taff_Gillingham will be talking Truce! For full details and tickets, please follow this link: shorturl.at/fQh65

In one letter Jules wrote after leaving Verdun: "Une bonne nouvelle… depuis hier j’ai la Croix de Guerre… gagnée à Verdun." He celebrated the medal with his comrades 🍺🍾🍷 But he feared losing the citation in the mud and rain when he went back to verdun… so he sent it home

The helmet that survives today is probably not the one he worn x2 at Verdun. He was wounded in the head and shoulder on 14th November 1916 and left the battlefield on a stretcher. This Adrian helmet pictured is likely issued to him when he returned to the 315e in early 1917

These objects survived the First World War. They are my Great Grandfathers, Jules Andre Destrigneville A helmet. A medal. A bundle of letters Postcards from the trenches. Through them, it helps tell a soldiers war and his story through 3 objects 🧵👇

Edward Wadsworth, Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool - 1919

@hattie_hearn Fantastic; I hope this is going well. An area of great interest to me

I'm excited to say that I'll be co-supervising an AHRC-funded PhD next year on the theme of battlefield "relics" and their potential for affective storytelling. We're currently looking for academic partners to co-supervise. Visit iwm.org.uk/research/docto… to find out more!

@hattie_hearn @TommiesGuides Thanks Hattie!

@ProfPeterDoyle @TommiesGuides Thanks Peter! I love your book, and it looks very nice standing next to my own Princess Mary tin.

I can’t think of a better occasion than the Spitfire’s 90th birthday (and of course, World Book Day) to announce that How to Fly A Spitfire, written by yours truly, will be hitting shelves on 9th April!

@TommiesGuides @hattie_hearn Congrats on the book Hattie, and thanks for having mine (on Princess Mary’s Gift) on display!

@hattie_hearn Liking the background too! @ProfPeterDoyle 😁

@TommiesGuides @hattie_hearn 😃

During the South African War 126 years ago today, on 28th February 1900, the Siege of Ladysmith was finally lifted after 119 days. We have a number of items relating to the Defence and Relief in the GWH Collection, including this Lance Pennon and a silk souvenir ribbon.

Got to love book stands in French motorway service stations…

@GerMilHistory @LeShuttle Aarg

@ProfPeterDoyle @LeShuttle We are standing in the same crap on the other side

@LeShuttle so, having had my crossing cancelled some months back because I arrived ten minutes late, you now have me waiting for two hours for a crossing. It seems you penalise your customers, but have no accountability for your lateness. If this was rail I’d get a refund.

@LeShuttle_Help No point, as you’ll give your standard answer - I think the crux of the matter here is that you penalise lateness from your customers, but provide no recompense when your passengers have to put up with your delays

@ProfPeterDoyle Good morning Peter, I am sorry to hear you are experiencing a wait today. If you wish to discuss this further, please send us a direct message with your booking details and the first line of your postal address. ^Leanne

@LeShuttle_Help so, Le Shuttle, why am I now stuck, having gone through the barrier, waiting on the concrete ramp? Your delays are getting more bizarre as the years go by

@mesutuyar10 @EstragonSan @VoicesofWW2 Better equipment…

@EstragonSan @VoicesofWW2 Functional, sturdy, relatively cheap what can you ask for more?

Who had the best uniform of World War 1?

@mesutuyar10 @VoicesofWW2 Nope.

@VoicesofWW2 Americans

@VoicesofWW2 Best? Broken down into ‘coolest’ then it’s the French; most stylish then it’s the KuK Austro-Hungarians; most ‘iconic’ then it’s the British. German officers get an honourable mention; German other ranks, not so much.

@sommecourt @TerryWhenham Absolutely - agree with Paul

@TerryWhenham Royal Dublin Fusiliers mate.

Can someone help me out by identifying the cap badge please? #ww1

@nickfshort @bergy_bit Look out for the ‘English officer’ trope…

@bergy_bit @ProfPeterDoyle I shall seek it out. Thank you!

Ooh! Another book from the friendly, engaging and very knowledgeable @ProfPeterDoyle! One for #WW1 #history buffs for sure.