Neil Pudney

@neilpuds.bsky.social

853 Followers 403 Following

Amateur Historian/Gt War researcher/battlefield visitor. Writing about 133 FdAmb in WW2. CPFC. Music nut. Takes photos. Carer. Used to cut grass. Great War Group & WFA member. https://stjohnsleatherheadatwar.co.uk/

RAF Eurofighter Typhoon on finals for a touch and go at RAF Brize Norton
A B52 Stratofortress, call sign MARB11, serial number 60-0044, on finals for Landing at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Heading into the sun meant it was a little 'bright' so, converted to Monochrome B/W.
An original War Memorial panel from St john's School Leatherhead. These lined the walls of the Old Chapel at the school and this particular one shows John Wilfred Stokes name, in red with a cross to signify he died during the war. They are now preserved in the School archives.
Edmund Gray's Headstone in Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery
Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery.
Richard Skyrme's grave has 2 wooden crosses on it, in Row B in the foreground.
2nd Lt. Richard Skyrme
Figheldean War Memorial
Headstone of Oliver Calley, La Laiterie Military Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium.
Headstone of James Thomas, at Figheldean Wiltshire
St. Michaels & All Angels Church, Figheldean, Wiltshire
Headstone of Ashton Morgan, at Figheldean, Wiltshire
Shelducks
Fsemale & Male Tufted Duck
One of the three, lifting from RAF Brize Norton.
A slightly different Officers' compass, found in an antique shop in Witney, West Oxfordshire, once I realised it had a name on it and, learnt a little more about Percy Lambe, I had to buy it.