JimSmithson Posted 20 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 20 March , 2011 Thanks Steve We were Outstanding 4 years ago and the pressure is on to get the same. As I have the dubious honour of being the one interrogated over data (ie exam results and progress) and Inclusion, I feel a bit of a weight on my shoulders. Thus the retreat into Great War stuff!! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphed Posted 21 March , 2011 Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Now for our brothers down under these are from Noreuil Australian Cemetery. The row of stones against the wall are all from 50th Battalion AIF. The originals were all destroyed in 1918 and so all these are Special Memorials. Out of curiosity when were these pics taken ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 21 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Out of curiosity when were these pics taken ? About 2 o'clock on 24th February. Digital photography makes such questions so much easier these days!! Why do you ask? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 21 March , 2011 Admin Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Rookery Cemetery does not have a cross- very unusual if not unique I would have thought. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 21 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2011 I had forgotten that Michelle! Just in case folk don't believe us Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 21 March , 2011 Admin Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Those trees were very welcome last July on a very hot day! Lovely view up to Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery from here Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 21 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2011 ...and also in the other direction! Thank you Michelle - this has been superb therapy after the pain of the weekend and before the inspectors arrive tomorrow. Must stop now and do some more work Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 21 March , 2011 Admin Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Good luck Jim Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 21 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Thank you Michelle - promise I have a few more photos to keep you going to the next trip to France when this particular 'visit' is over! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphed Posted 21 March , 2011 Share Posted 21 March , 2011 About 2 o'clock on 24th February. Digital photography makes such questions so much easier these days!! Why do you ask? Jim I was there with my daughter June 2010 and i was curious if it was before or after as we'd left something at a grave of an unknow to commemerate her GG grandfather who was killed at Noriel in 1917 and has no known grave and just wondered if it was still there and poss in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17107BM Posted 21 March , 2011 Share Posted 21 March , 2011 Thanks Jim. Iv'e really enjoyed following this thread. Great information for future visits. Look forward to more... After OFSTED, of course. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 22 March , 2011 Admin Share Posted 22 March , 2011 Thank you Michelle - promise I have a few more photos to keep you going to the next trip to France when this particular 'visit' is over! Jim Just booked a long weekend staying at Richebourg in April- can't wait! Might even take the bike............. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 22 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 22 March , 2011 Osvaldo I do look at everything that is left by folk but I really cannot recall whether there was anything at this cemetery or not. Sorry. Michelle Careful with the bike thing - already had the saga of one big bike accident on the Forum; we don't want another. Hope it's not the Royal thingy weekend you've booked !! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 23 March , 2011 Admin Share Posted 23 March , 2011 It is the Royal Wedding weekend actually Jim, can't make the previous weekend as I have to cover colleagues holidays............. How did the OFSTED go? Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 24 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 March , 2011 Ah. Escaping a royal wedding! A pastime I have indulged with often in the past!! No chance to get on the Forum last night, in school till gone 10. Feedback this afternoon and we kept our outstanding so we are mighty chuffed! When I've trawled the new posts I will be putting an invite to drink and be merry in the Club. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo Posted 26 March , 2011 Share Posted 26 March , 2011 Jim, thank-you for this, as a forum member enduring the tyranny of distance these are the only battlefield vistas I get these days! Sorry to hear about the motorcycle accident - like Michelle & Wayne it was always my preferred method of travelling to the Front, weather permitting. Is everyone recovered? Simmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 26 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 26 March , 2011 Simmo I am very fortunate in being able to wander the fields of France and Flanders very often and I try and get photos onto here because I know there are many less fortunate. Really glad you appreciate them. I've a few moments so here is a continuation of the rather grey February travels in less popular areas. The following are all Queant Rd Cemetery. Its a pretty big concentration cemetery and they have lopped the big trees down, not sure why, giving it a very plain character in this grey weather. I did, however, see the first signs of Spring and thus the odd flower photo. If anyone knows more of Captain Cherry's story beyond what it says in the citation it would add a little something to this bit of the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 26 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 26 March , 2011 I loved the message left by this family visiting from Australia. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgarry Posted 26 March , 2011 Share Posted 26 March , 2011 Great pictures,it looks a lovely area Arras,we are visiting TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE which isnt too far from Arras in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSmithson Posted 27 March , 2011 Author Share Posted 27 March , 2011 Garry You are certainly not very far away at all. Depending how much time you have Arras itself is well worth a visit (see other threads on the Wellington Caves etc.) Quite close by you have Notre Dame de Lorette, the very impressive French National Cemetery and lighthouse-like Ossuary and of course Vimy Ridge. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Kilkenny Posted 27 March , 2011 Share Posted 27 March , 2011 "Careful with the bike thing - already had the saga of one big bike accident on the Forum; we don't want another." As someone who likes to get over to the battlefields on a bike, I'm just curious to know what was the saga? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan F Posted 7 March , 2018 Share Posted 7 March , 2018 Hi everyone I'm new to the forum and this seems as good as place as any to place the story of Ernest Topping, killed at Croisilles on 2nd April 1917. Ernest is buried in Croisilles Railway Cemetery, but is memorialised at Arras as his grave marker was lost. We are waiting on the National Army Museum so that a Gravestone can be placed here. Anyway I hope you will enjoy the story and I've attached some pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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