Seadog Posted 8 July , 2011 Share Posted 8 July , 2011 A scene in the Dorchester Military Museum of the Devon & Dorset Regiments. The painting of the Devons during the gas attack of April 1915 in Flanders is by one of the foremost artists of the period, Fortunino Matania. The bayonet is a German “ Pioneer” version The Museum Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 12 July , 2011 Share Posted 12 July , 2011 The Tank Museum Bovington, a detail from the recreation of a trench on the Somme in 1916. BLIGHTERS The House is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din; ‘We’re sure the Kaiser loves our dear old Tanks!’ I’d like to see a Tank come down the stalls, Lurching to rag-time tunes, or ‘Home, sweet Home’, And there’d be no more jokes in Music-halls To mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume. SIEGFRIED SASSOON Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 18 July , 2011 Share Posted 18 July , 2011 The Messines Ridge viewed from near Spanbroekmolen, with Messines Church on the left centre skyline. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 16 August , 2011 Share Posted 16 August , 2011 TANK MUSEUM BOVINGTON UK Part of the display of arifacts from the Battle of Flers - Coucelette in September 1916, the first use of tanks in war. The background is a trench map of the area of the attack This is the Webley Revolver belonging to 25 year-old Acting Captain Arthur Blowers the commander tank of D5 Dolphin that got further than anyone else on the 15th September 1916 and who was awarded the Military Cross for his actions that day. His Son relates that his Father was awarded the MC for returning to his burning tank to rescue the driver. He said that he sat in the tank all day firing the revolver at German Infantry; firing over 100 rounds he recalled that none of the targets were more that 10 yards away so I didnt miss many. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 21 August , 2011 Share Posted 21 August , 2011 Uploaded with ImageShack.us Frezenberg near Ypres Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 29 August , 2011 Share Posted 29 August , 2011 I took this at the Dodengang last week. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 29 August , 2011 Share Posted 29 August , 2011 Detail of the Vimy Memorial Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 29 August , 2011 Share Posted 29 August , 2011 You'll no doubt recognise this place....... Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 29 August , 2011 Share Posted 29 August , 2011 A bit more from Vimy. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins2 Posted 30 August , 2011 Share Posted 30 August , 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vico Posted 30 August , 2011 Share Posted 30 August , 2011 these are my own personally taken photos on flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/62503688@N07/sets/72157626654382492/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 30 August , 2011 Share Posted 30 August , 2011 Nice one Nigel, here is my photo of the pillbox near the Dodengang on the river Yser. The battles of the Yser extended over the four years of the war. However perhaps the most critical of them all was in 1914 when the Germans almost broke the Belgian line. The story is that of a railway and a river. By the end of October 1914 following the struggles around Liege, Namur and Antwerp, the exhausted Belgian army had fallen back onto a ten miles long line of defence based on the Yser River between the North sea at Nieuport and the town of Dixmuide. On 21 October the Germans crossed the Yser at Tervate and a probable German advance to the Channel ports was only prevented by the flooding of vast tracts of land and the adoption of a defensive line based on the Dixmuide to Nieuport railway embankment which ran behind the river. After 15 days of continuous struggle, and a heroic Belgian bayonet charge, the front held. The lines would hold for four years Norman PS Some cracking photos Vico (Post 686) please add descriptions which will enhance the pleasure of viewing them considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 Vico many thanks for adding descriptions to your photos. The training trenches are very interesting and new to me plus the Staffs Museum likewise. Best Regards Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 Here are a few taken in Alsace, on the Tête de Faux cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 French woodland cemetery, Col du Calvaire Ah, les braves gens cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 dugout cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 Communications Former German woodland cemetery Le Linge cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 entanglement cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 8 September , 2011 Share Posted 8 September , 2011 Cimetière de Wettstein cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted 15 September , 2011 Share Posted 15 September , 2011 Realy enjoyed all the photos, makes you reflect a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cliff Posted 4 December , 2011 Share Posted 4 December , 2011 On a foggy day, a few weeks ago, taken at the Thiepval memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cliff Posted 4 December , 2011 Share Posted 4 December , 2011 A detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 15 December , 2011 Share Posted 15 December , 2011 In a cellar near Arras, France. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockdoc Posted 15 December , 2011 Share Posted 15 December , 2011 The hot, tiring hike was well worth it for the view from by the Devil's Eye OP on Grand Couronné, FYROM, taken in May 2011. The horizon is about 45 miles away. Clickable thumbnail to the full-sized image. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 15 December , 2011 Share Posted 15 December , 2011 Thanks for posting the link to your photo, I see that I am todays lucky winner and have won an iphone 45 (whatever that is)all I have to do is to CLICK ON THE BUTTON before time runs out, so here I go (not) Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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