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The Menin Gate bears the names of 54395 men who died at Ypres and have no known grave. On the memorial are 8 VC winners, poets, sportsmen, politicians and artists. Find out more about them and the monument in our latest podcast, "The Ghosts of Menin" - out Sunday #WW1

Shadows of injustice - survival and suffering at E72, more on the #WW2 story of a young #POW who, along with fellow POWs, endured unrelenting hardship at the notorious work camp #E72 #Beuthen funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2024/10/27/sha…

Medway Archives Centre is a vast treasure trove for Medway's rich and illustrious past. KM Online / KMTV went along to see just how important it is: orlo.uk/07o5H

⌛️Last chance to experience #111yearsforward at the Medway Art Box!! It’s been incredible seeing people from all walks of life come together, just like the suffrage campaigners of over a century ago 🌺 #Equality #LegacyofUnity #SuffrageLegacy

Over 100yrs of remembrance🌺the Royal British Legion poppy has evolved from a symbol of WWI sacrifice. Wear yours with pride and remember all who served for our freedom #RemembrancePoppy #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem

It's been a huge privilege and great fun to have been involved with this exhibition and celebrating 111 Years of the #NUWSS Great Pilgrimage and Vera Conway Gordon's legacy🌺🥾💚 #111yearsforward

I thought I’d use some of the exhibits from the 111 Years Forward #art #exhibition to display my 2 books. Both include stories of women’s #suffrage & enable the reader to follow in their footsteps 🥾Find out more here: pen-and-sword.co.uk/Suffragettes-o… #votesforwomen #womenshistory

When 18yr old labourer Harry Mayhew stumbled upon a life-changing trove of gold coins, he threw them away - setting of a chain of mishaps and courtroom chaos #FamilyHistory #TreasureTrove #PurpleMoment funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2022/01/26/har…

Thousands of beautiful knitted poppies in Rochester Cathedral nave in readiness for tomorrow's #RemembranceDay2024 Service #LestWeForget

Life as a #WW2 POW wasn’t just about survival - it was about adaptating to a new life in captivity. From music to skill-sharing, Ted Mayhew & his comrades found hope amidst hardship🎸📚 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WWII #POWStories funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2024/12/06/mak…

Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival cancelled due to the increasing high winds, forecast to reach >50mph over the the weekend. Castle Gardens inc. the Xmas Market, Village & Funfair also closed Sat & Sun (7 & 8 Dec) #Medway #ChristmasMarket #RochesterKent #StormDarragh

Trying to name & share the stories behind these faces: likely #WW2 ex-POWs held at Stalag VIIIB & E72 workcamp. Top r/h: Eric West. Lower l/h: my uncle Ted Mayhew, both 140th (5th London) Field Regt RA. Can you help identify the others? #FamilyHistory #WW2 #POWs Pls share 🙏

Great news! And well done to Richard Holt - Holt's Family History Research for all his hard work in this.

With all the news today I’m missing my firefighter brother hugely - always the first to volunteer and travel to help others (RIP Nick Mayhew 1960-2021)

Almost 80yrs ago in January 1945, Ted Mayhew and thousands of fellow WW2 POWs embarked on a gruelling evacuation march west amid Europe's harsh winter conditions - two million steps through hardship and hope #WWII #POW #LongMarch #FamilyHistory #Genealogy funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/01/09/two…

Recent high tides have left the Medway foreshore covered in litter – can you help clean it up? #ForeshoreCleanup #VolunteerAction #ProtectOurPlanet #MedwayMatters #LitterFreeMedway #CommunityCleanup #KeepItClean #SaveOurShoreline #FoRCEVolunteers #RochesterKent

I was shocked to uncover an untold story of religious persecution in Suffolk, England, and how the 1810 Wickham Market riots changed my Mayhew ancestors' community forever #FamilyHistory #Suffolk #ReligiousFreedom #WickhamMarket #Nonconformity #Genealogy funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2025/01/15/rel…

Can you imagine... 80,000 men trudging up to 30km (20 miles) a day, for weeks on end, in temperatures as low as -25°C (-13°F) - with no idea what the future held? #LongMarch1945 #WW2 #POWs

#OTD 🇵🇱 27/01/1945 80th anniversary of Miechowiece Tragedy- the beginnings of mass civilan atrocities & deportations as Red Army crossed the German frontier near my Dad's #POW work camp #Bytom, Silesia.

'The Soviets rounded us up to work for USSR. Men age >14, women age >15. Germans or Poles, it didn’t matter to them. Loaded onto railway wagons & sent east to work. Now, we’re not allowed to speak about this, Mr West. After they arrived at Miechowice, we never saw father again'