Dr Will Butler
@wbutlerhistory
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Head of Modern Collections @UkNatArchives writing on amateur military tradition and Irish recruiting in #WW1. Managing Editor: @BritJnlMilHist Views my own
Woking, South East
Joined June 2012
My new @diplostatecraft article has appeared today. Always great to see your own work in print: The British Army, Upper Silesia, and European Diplomacy, 1920–22: Diplomacy & Statecraft: Vol 33, No 4
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At the end of the First World War, Britain was at the limit of its capabilities, both militarily and diplomatically. Despite large reductions in the size of its armed forces, it had an increasing n...
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VE Day preparations – seen through documents: When it became increasingly clear that Allied victory over Nazi Germany in Europe was likely, the British authorities started to put plans together to celebrate #VEDay80 A thread 🧵
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PhD Opportunity in International Law/History: Empire’s Other Captives: Colonial Prisoners of War, British Diplomacy, and the Laws of War 1872—1977 at University of Roehampton
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🚨Episode now out!🚨 We were joined by @wbutlerhistory to look at Arnost Valenta, head of the X Committee's Intelligence Department. Valenta played a hugely important role in preparing for the Great Escape, and was the third man out of the tunnel. https://t.co/Z4EpncFNQx
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Having finished the technical episodes, we start our biographical episodes, looking at the lives of the POWs themselves. Coming up, we are joined by @whippletom, @HistoryOnz, @wbutlerhistory, and @simonwpearson to look at the first four Great Escapers out of the tunnel!
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When did London become a multicultural city? This tax record from 1483 provides a remarkable insight into the diversity of the medieval metropolis's inhabitants: https://t.co/U9r8HXJIy6
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LAUNCH! The Imperial Forces on the Western Front produced by @UniKent and @TheWFA. Available @FutureLearn from Monday 7 October. Sign up! Spread the word! Join our community! #FWW #GreatWar #History #Military #War #GCSEhistory #Alevelhistory #learning
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🚨 Big news! 🚨 We are thrilled to announce we have won £1.3m from @UKRI_News to upgrade our conservation lab facilities and create a centre of excellence for heritage science. But what is heritage science at The National Archives? And why is it important? A thread 🧵 (1/7)
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Calling all students! Daunted by the prospect of archival research? Sign up to one of our upcoming (onsite) introduction days, tailored to support those who want to get started with postgrad/academic research: https://t.co/FTT1Bjab3F
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#OnThisDay in 1934, a deadly explosion ripped through the Gresford coal mine in North Wales. The disaster claimed over 260 lives. On this anniversary day, we share a newly uncovered story of one woman's long and determined campaign for justice:
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Open access and free for everyone to read the latest issue of the BJMH is up online today at https://t.co/JvOW2RpP6O The cover of this Special Issue on Prisoners of the Asia-Pacific War is from a painting ‘Japanese Internment Camp, Purana Qila, Delhi, India, 1945’ by
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We have an exciting one-year post at The National Archives for an 18th century researcher to shape our public engagement programme in the lead up to the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Please share and get in touch if you have questions! https://t.co/JXxwcN8tzl
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The Army Records Society is inviting applications for its third round of ECR fellowships. I was lucky enough to hold one to support the research & writing of the Dawnay papers. 💰 Small bursary + 1:1 mentoring 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2024 🪧 Details below https://t.co/Yr5sXIglRZ
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Army Records Society Fellowship Scheme | Application Deadline - 31 October 2024 The Army Records Society (http://www.armyrecordssociety.org.uk/) is delighted to invite applications for its third...
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The book that’s on sale to accompany the free exhibition on at The National Archives. A very interesting read! @UkNatArchives
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Last time I’ll be sharing this! Free online talk on Friday 12th July speaking about top secret WW2 unit MI9 - saved 35,000 Allied airmen. Get your ticket: https://t.co/1PjEsDwCOz
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As part of our #DDay80 commemorations, Dr Jessamy Carlson of The National Archives looks through TNA and Gazette #DDay records to tell the story of Military Cross recipient Major John William Guy Shearman. 🎖️ #WW2 @uknatarchives @jessamycarlson
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Dawnay has dawned! Delighted that my latest book—The Military Papers & Correspondence of Major General Guy Dawnay, 1915-1919—has been published. I started this project back in 2018 (struggling thru the pandemic years), so it's great to see Dawnay between covers. Relieved & proud.
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Really excited to share details of an AHRC funded PhD at KCL with The National Archives looking at archival users' emotional responses to potentially sensitive family history records. Supervised by me and Elizabeth Haines
kcl.ac.uk
Fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship from Oct. 2024 by King's College London (KCL) and The National Archives (TNA) under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme.
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In case you missed it, booking is now open for #ArchivesLive #DDay. This free special event for years 6-9 will be hosted by acclaimed broadcaster Dan Snow to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. 🧵 Find out more: https://t.co/r7O0AhabUE Book: https://t.co/WY7ywehcQC
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It's time to launch our next #ArchivesLive, this time for years 6-9. Join acclaimed broadcaster Dan Snow for this live event to mark the 80th anniversary of #DDay, the single largest seaborn invasion in #History & a pivotal moment in the #SecondWorldWar. https://t.co/r7O0AhabUE
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The exhibition at the The @UkNatArchives entitled 'Great Escapes: Remarkable Second World War Captives' is both enlightening and enjoyable. The exhibition runs until 21st July and I would highly recommend a visit. https://t.co/Keyy59S05E.
#Twitterstorians #PrisonersOfWar #WW2
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