Guest tafski Posted 3 April , 2011 Share Posted 3 April , 2011 [well it was that time of the year March 2011 when the gentlemen of Ypres made their annual trip to the battlefields, alas only 4 of the original Somme tour of 2010 were able to make the trip so for those who couldnt make it these pics are for you , hopefully you will be able to make next years pilgrimage to either the Somme or Verdun First port of call for this years trip was Adinkerke cemetery begian graves German Graves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 3 April , 2011 Share Posted 3 April , 2011 Russian Graves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 3 April , 2011 Share Posted 3 April , 2011 Hi Tafski. Great stuff. Keep posting the pics. The Somme 2010 Tour thread was class. Look forward to seeing this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 cheers fella heres a few more to keep you going from this tour which by the way was not an excuse to go on the beer like a certain person hinted to a friend :angry2:This tour was with friends and to use as an info gathering excercise for a trip later on in the year,also to pay our respects to the fallen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 meeting with our friend Chris lock at the tank memorial at Poelkapelle, Chris has worked extramley hard to ensure the memory of tank crews on the salient are not forgotten , well done Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 The base of the Tank memorial which was built by my good frends Frans and Mell of de diggers, this is placed at the bottom of the monument on commerative occasions .A poppy cross representing a tank crew member who gave his life in the great war . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 Also at Poelkapelle the memorial to the french figter ace Captaine Georges Guynemer (54 Kills) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 A visit to Yorkshire Trench sadly it has seen better days and is in need of some TLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 Looking down the slope to Welsh Cemetery Caesars Nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 There is another memorial to Guynemer in Dunkirk....his home town. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 There is another memorial to Guynemer in Dunkirk....his home town. Bruce ... and Compiegne where his family was from (though he was born in Paris). He enlisted at Bayonne, though, which made me wonder about the Dunkirk link... did he live there for a period? Anyway, here's a picture of the original memorial at Dunkirk (German photo from June 1940)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 The modern memorial in Dunkirk is rather more restrained! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 Looking forward to more shots, Bruce. Sorry I couldn't make it this year... but your mention of possibly doing some of the French/American bit next year does sound bloody tempting! (I've always preferred blue to khaki anyway! ) dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 Dave yer always welcome you know that and thanks again for the help with the biggi in August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 replica of Guynemers plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 Colne Valley cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 Railway dug outs burial ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 just down the road from Railway dug outs a nice little bunker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest tafski Posted 4 April , 2011 Share Posted 4 April , 2011 paschendale museum exhibits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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