VJ Day - 15 August 1945 “Green Hell” (Victory Over Japan Day) These are the men who shed their blood. Amongst the filthy Burma mud; On the Arakan front and Imphal Plain. In blistering heat and bloody rain.
Genevra Charsley, Flanders Battlefield Tour
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#UNESCO world heritage plaques now being placed in areas along the Western Front. Look out for them as you go into some the sites that were designated in 20222/2023.
@fourteeneighteen.co.uk Brilliant email received on the Officers of the 1st Royal West Kent. Thanks for all your efforts Chris 👏👏👏
Recce day today, one stop Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, 1,996 burials of which 277 are unidentified. A British Captain M.C, with the epitaph “If Ye Break Faith With Us Who Die We Shall Not Sleep, McCrae.”
Is anyone else having problems with the #CWGC website? It’s constantly churning, I’ve tried laptop, IPhone, IPad…
This is why people shouldn’t post photos across social media platforms about “battlefield finds” as they walk across farmers fields without permission.When one does it the green light is that everyone can do it: “In addition to hitting all the hot spots do you take tourists out looking for relics?”
Not an aeroplane bomb, but possibly a bomb mortar 6in H E (stokes newton), another first for me in having seen one.
Genevra Charsley, Flanders Battlefield Tour@flandersbtour.bsky.social · 2w agoA small horde of First World War ordnance, not surprisingly the farmer has it flagged ready for DOVO SEDEE rounds. I think this os the first time in all my years that I’ve come across a bomb that will have been dropped by an aeroplane. There’s always something new to be seen, found or learnt.
A small horde of First World War ordnance, not surprisingly the farmer has it flagged ready for DOVO SEDEE rounds. I think this os the first time in all my years that I’ve come across a bomb that will have been dropped by an aeroplane. There’s always something new to be seen, found or learnt.
Also two family members with 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers - uncle and nephew - Private Alexander Forbes and Harold Forbes Wood. Both remembered on the Menin Gate.
Remembering a distant cousin of my Dad - Pte Tom Robinson, 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died on this day and is remembered on the Menin Gate.
"After Pilckem Ridge, there were only a handful of us left from my platoon. An Officer,lost in the confusion of battle, came up to us and asked 'Who are you? are you the West Ridings,' and a wag with us answered 'No, we're the bloody Welsh Walkings,'he said. 31st July 1917 - Began the Third Ypres.
Once pontoon bridges would have crossed the Ieper/Ijzer Canal during the First World War supplying front line areas, evacuating the wounded back across the canal to the Advanced Dressing Stations, over a hundred years later beautiful evening colours as the sun goes down on a tranquil Summer evening.
On this day 8th July 1923, the Brooding Soldier Memorial was inaugurated. The ceremony was attended by a number of relatives of the fallen soldiers and during the greater part of the ceremony four Canadian veterans stood motionless at each corner of the column with arms reversed and head bowed.
Apparently on Trip Advisor we're in the top 10% of things to do worldwide...many thanks to pilgrims, battlefield visitors who put their faith and trust in us.
In the First World War Noyon was completely wiped off the face of France. It then took around two decades to rebuild, today as you walk around the centre and in the Cathedral the markings of allied bombings of 1944 are only too visible.
No walking across the Millennium bridge in Ieper (Ypres) yesterday due to works, I walked the long way but pleased as I spotted a few scattered poppies set back from the Menin Gate Memorial. I welcomed the opportunity to stop as I walked through to just gaze pondering at the names in front of me.
Memorial to Maczek - 1st Polish Armoured Division memorial to the liberation on 6th September 1944. Nice to see, apparently inaugurated in Ieper 6th September 2024.
Battle of Messines 7th-14th June 1917. Irish Peace Park commemorates the Irish of Ireland sitting on a section of the Messines & Wytschaete Ridge. An idea born by two Irish men which through their commitment & dedication saw coming to fruition with the memorial being inaugurated in November 1998.
Now winter is coming it’s time to unravel the mysteries in the ww1 nurse diary I bought. She was British, worked in France & married a kiwi the intrigue for me is she live in the tiny town I grew up, & buried next to house I lived in Palmy North. I think I’ll make a blog. 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇳🇿
It’s hard to imagine that on this day, 28th May 1940 that men of the Royal Warwickshire, the Cheshire Regiment & Artillery were herded into a barn and murdered with the S.S. commencing the atrocities by throwing stick grenades into the barn in what became known as the Wormhoudt Massacre.
The memorial at Norwich Cathedral when I visited in August 2022
27th May 1940 Remembering the Le Paradis - British soldiers of Norfolks and Scots amongst others who were massacred by members of the SS Totenkopf Rifle Regiment.
A cold one out on the Ypres Salient battlefields today, 13c but a nippy wind making a chill factor of about 6c. Poelkapelle British Cemetery, a concentration of cemeteries after the First World War, headstones (graves) as far as the eyes can reach a staggering 6,230 of the 7,479 are unidentified.
Such a beautiful display of Spring colour across Tyne Cot Cemetery at the moment, coupled with the call of a cuckoo makes for tranquil reflection.
AI…eh? There are enough cemeteries and headstones around us without having to create an AI image…to then go one step further by placing information on it where there is no epitaph on the CWGC records or actual grave is false and not accurate.
To The ANZACS What a day to remember And never forget! What a day to keep sacred For a hundred years yet! And let them know Of the sacrifice Made for Homeland Where right never dies. It was right against might, Because Anzac was right. Because Anzac was just. #AnzacDay #Australia #NewZealand
#OTD the Capture of Hill 60, 17th - 22nd April 1915. At 10 second intervals mines were exploded under Hill 60, Ypres Salient. The explosion was accompanied by a heavy bombardment of the hill lasting about 15 minutes immediately after which the hill was stormed & captured by the Royal West Kents...
Last night I had a genuine fear & feeling of sickness as to what I & the world were going to wake up to. Do world leaders not realise that most of us ‘ordinary’ human beings want to do a decent days work, maybe take one holiday a year & enjoy time with family & friends. Dangerous times we live in.
Happy Easter Bank Holiday weekend!