stephen p nunn Posted 19 January , 2010 Author Share Posted 19 January , 2010 and...... and........ These two do it for me. Makes you wonder who wore them and what happened to these soldiers. When were they lost and under what circumstances? Fascinating. Thanks for posting these. SPN Malson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 I was near the Ulster Tower a few years ago and got chatting to a lad who had just found a dog tag, which looked as new as the day it was made. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 Posted before....1/6 or 1/8 R Warks...Serre...March 2007! TT Also from same trip.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 Bayonet left in field..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 And finally another re post but you asked for pictures and as said earlier lets see pictures...Gommecourt 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 Is that last photo the way you found it ? It was begging to be found ! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 Mick... Yes. All the insignia was as found. I take a photo for records and for this forum. The field was as flat as a pankcake and nothing else obvious...not even a bullet or shrapnel ball. Regards TT The German helmet was amongst a pile of corrugated iron the farmer had deep ploughed up. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 The only things I find that are that obvious are usually the things that you don't want to find, i.e. grenades or stokes mortar rounds (I seem to find loads of them). Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzac16 Posted 19 January , 2010 Share Posted 19 January , 2010 Amaizing finds TT I have only found a Australian collar badge near Pozieres. But to find a capbadge like you did is some thing i would like to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Excellent photos TT, I think that the objects look very poignant when seen in-situ. Here is a combined photo from the Somme, on the left near Regina Trench and the right near to New Munich Trench. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 20 January , 2010 Admin Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Many years ago I was chatting to a bloke outside Devonshire Cemetery when he opened the boot of his car and took out a very intact pineapple grenade and asked what it was and whether it was dangerous. I hope he didn't take it home after I identified it! Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Norman, How long ago was the photos taken and under what circs was the helmet recovered? TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen p nunn Posted 20 January , 2010 Author Share Posted 20 January , 2010 And finally another re post but you asked for pictures and as said earlier lets see pictures...Gommecourt 2008. Oh my goodness!!! So what regiment is that and can you link them in with the place you found it? Best regards. SPN Maldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Here is a small write up with some finds.... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40029/180901.html Grenades empty of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Maldon, Yes the badge can be put in context to its find location....not in every case. For example I have a broken KRRC cap badge found between Maricourt and Montauban. No unit of the KRR actually carried out an attack in the field in which the badge was found so the liklihoods are it was a man moving up or down the line who lost it or there was an encampment / resting area or it belonged to a non KRR soldier who aquired it somehow. In this case we cann never know! However where the Notts and Derby badge was found it is very different. The field was the location of the 46th Div attack on 1/7/16. There was only ever one major attack there and the lines remained fairly static. The Notts and Derby were a key element of the 46th and the location of the find was where tyhe 1/5 battalion attacked and were caught on the wire. There were other units of the Notts and Derby either side but one unit had a different cap badge so the chances are that it was a 1/5 mans badge....80% plus certainty. Re the Middlesex badge it was found near the now gone Arrowhead Copse in front of Guillemont. On 18/8 at the exact location of the find the 13th Middlesex were there and atacking. The R Warks s/t was found in the attack area of 1/8 or 1/6 Warks 1/7/16. The Cornwall s/t was found in a field that was the attack location of 7th Battalion. Its not an exact science but strong liklihoods......I could go on with some of the other pieces but hopefully you get my drift! Kind regards TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen p nunn Posted 20 January , 2010 Author Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Maldon, Yes the badge can be put in context to its find location....not in every case. For example I have a broken KRRC cap badge found between Maricourt and Montauban. No unit of the KRR actually carried out an attack in the field in which the badge was found so the liklihoods are it was a man moving up or down the line who lost it or there was an encampment / resting area or it belonged to a non KRR soldier who aquired it somehow. In this case we cann never know! However where the Notts and Derby badge was found it is very different. The field was the location of the 46th Div attack on 1/7/16. There was only ever one major attack there and the lines remained fairly static. The Notts and Derby were a key element of the 46th and the location of the find was where tyhe 1/5 battalion attacked and were caught on the wire. There were other units of the Notts and Derby either side but one unit had a different cap badge so the chances are that it was a 1/5 mans badge....80% plus certainty. Re the Middlesex badge it was found near the now gone Arrowhead Copse in front of Guillemont. On 18/8 at the exact location of the find the 13th Middlesex were there and atacking. The R Warks s/t was found in the attack area of 1/8 or 1/6 Warks 1/7/16. The Cornwall s/t was found in a field that was the attack location of 7th Battalion. Its not an exact science but strong liklihoods......I could go on with some of the other pieces but hopefully you get my drift! Kind regards TT Thanks TT - that Notts and Derby story is really fantastic. How must you have felt when you held that badge! Thanks for sharing the story. Best wishes (green with envy!). SPN Maldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ring Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Thank you for sharing !!!! Mouth watering photographs of some great finds !!!! Wish I was there. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Tony, A friend found a lovely NZEF badge to one of the smallest Regiments of your nations forces. I may have an image. Wont even try to spell the name but will get my book out. Found on the Somme. Regards TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 I have posted this before but next to a clearly marked path Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ring Posted 20 January , 2010 Share Posted 20 January , 2010 Tony, A friend found a lovely NZEF badge to one of the smallest Regiments of your nations forces. I may have an image. Wont even try to spell the name but will get my book out. Found on the Somme. Regards TT TT I would be interested to know the name. I enjoy the photos that have been posted. In another life when I was in the NZ Police I had a break from the front line and spent 5 years as a Forensic photographer - now known as CSI. Some of the photos that have been posted remind me of what I used to do. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 23 January , 2010 Share Posted 23 January , 2010 Hi, nothing amazing I guess, British key for setting fuzes Cnock Cnock stops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 January , 2010 Share Posted 23 January , 2010 Of the many finds I have had out of the soil, in monetery terms this was probably the most valuable. These are the ones that cleaned up best. The sov is mint and dated 1914. They all dated from 1897 to 1915. There were a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 January , 2010 Share Posted 23 January , 2010 This is one of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 23 January , 2010 Share Posted 23 January , 2010 Ahh... Wondered when you would post here! Nice to see the RB badge. The sovereign was nice too....well done! TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 January , 2010 Share Posted 23 January , 2010 Just couldn't resist. Are you out this year? Mick My wife found the Hessian buckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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