sunflower Posted 18 March , 2004 Share Posted 18 March , 2004 Am travelling very soon to Flanders (Ypres) and the Somme. I know I will definitely be going to Tyne Cot, Dernancourt (nr Albert), Serre No 2, and the German cemetery at Fricourt. If anyone wishes a request for a photo, just let me know and I will do my best. sunflower This is a photo of the French cemetery at Serre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjames Posted 18 March , 2004 Share Posted 18 March , 2004 Hi Sunflower Should you pass Dernancourt Communal Extension and have time on your hands, would you snap these two headstones: Gunner Harry James, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 11th September 1918, plot VIII/D/3 and Pte Frank Rivers, Gloucestershire Regiment, died 1st January 1917, plot IV/F/11 Many thanks Regards Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 18 March , 2004 Author Share Posted 18 March , 2004 My pleasure Jimmy. Can definitely say that I can meet with your request. I am going to Dernancourt to photograph the grave of Lt Stuart Boyd. (A Sherwood Forester who died of wounds 7 Oct 1916. He was serving at the time with the Loyal North Lancashires) Will get back to you when I return home Sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 18 March , 2004 Author Share Posted 18 March , 2004 sorry about the big foto, still learning the ropes here, sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Chap Posted 18 March , 2004 Share Posted 18 March , 2004 Hello Sunflower, Could you possibly take a photo of 17721 Pte.Charles Henry Squirrell, Liverpool Regiment, on Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A at Tyne Cot please. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 18 March , 2004 Author Share Posted 18 March , 2004 Bill Have the details, will do my best Sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 22 March , 2004 Share Posted 22 March , 2004 Could you possibly take a photo of 17721 Pte.Charles Henry Squirrell, Liverpool Regiment, on Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A at Tyne Cot please. Cheers, Bill Bill, Will this suffice? Regards, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Chap Posted 28 March , 2004 Share Posted 28 March , 2004 Ken, Thank you very much for the photo. I will add it to the group/plaque i have to Pre.Squirrell. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Hi Jimmy Here is the first photo request for Dernancourt Cemetery just south of Albert on the Somme. sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 I have a photo for Private William Hendry, 202386, 4th Bn., Gordon Highlanders who died on Thursday 20 Sept 1917, age 19. Tyne Cot Now I cant find the posting that made the initial request. I will post the photo anyway and hope that the person requesting it sees it okay. Sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Jimmy Close up photo of grave of Harry James sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Jimmy Photo of grave of Frank Rivers sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Hi Jimmy Sorry about this but I am new to posting photos. Will try again so it is clearer, please bear with me. Nope, it is just not working, can you email me privately and I can send you the photos as they are much clearer when I dont need to resize them for the forum. thanks, sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Old Chap Photo of C W Squirrell on Menen Gate, is he a relative to C H Squirrell? sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 3 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2004 Photo of Dernancourt Cemetery, just south of Albert and yes it really was warm and sunny for March! sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyjames Posted 4 April , 2004 Share Posted 4 April , 2004 Many thanks, Sunflower. Will contact you off-forum. Regards Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 5 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 5 April , 2004 Hi Old Chap Will have another go at posting the photo of C H Squirrell. Fingers crossed. Sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Chap Posted 6 April , 2004 Share Posted 6 April , 2004 Sunflower, I appreciate the photo. Many thanks. Bill ps Did you have a good trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower Posted 6 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 6 April , 2004 Hi Old Chap Yes I did have a great trip. Went to Ypres for the first time and saw the Yorkshire Trench which is right smack in the middle of a built up area. Of course, that is how they found it with the area being developed. There are some finds on display from it at the 'In Flanders Field' Museum at the Cloth Hall in Ypres and a TV capturing all the moments extracting the items from the dugouts. I was a wee bit disappointed that the dugouts were flooded, I had it in my head that you would be able to go down. But still the 'Diggers' do excellent work and I think it is really good that part of a trench system has been preserved. I think I prefer the Somme where it is much like it was during the Great War - the woods, roads, lanes, features.... And the weather was great so all in all an excellent trip. sunflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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