Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 More of the turbines providing a backdrop to Welsh Cemetery (Caesar's Nose) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 A shot of the interior of Welsh Cemetery, the Cross of Sacrifice and a poignant grave bearing a memorial inscription to a brother also lost in the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Our next stop was at Colne Valley Cemetery. Once this was one of the more attractive small cemeteries in my view. It stood isolated by the side of a road in the middle of fields and was a very tranquil place to stop and pay respects to men of the 49th (West Riding) Division. These days it is surrounded on three sides by the modern encroachment of the industrial estate, the building of which has played havoc with the movement of water under the surface and as a result the fabric of the cemetery has suffered enormously. On our visit there was evidence of fairly recent flooding and a tide mark on the inside of the perimeter walls showed that water had risen to about 2 feet in depth. Naturally this has damaged the walls and caused some shifting and cracking. The gate posts have also moved which meant that the gate was very difficult to open and needed a good shove. It is sad to see this little cemetery, which is so important to West Yorkshire suffering as it is. The grave of Captain MP Andrews, Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Mentioned in the Oxford University Roll of Service it is interesting to note that CWGC gives the date of death as 15/08/1915 whereas the university book gives 14/08/1915. The Roll of the Sons and Daughters of the Anglican Church Clergy...... gives both dates as possibilities. His gravestone bears a French rendering of a familiar verse from the Bible. The grave of Horace Marshall from Bramley in Leeds. No relation, but it still makes me stop and pause for a moment to see my own surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 The memorial dedicated to the memory of Francis Ledwidge the Irish poet who lies buried a few hundred metres up the road in Artillery Wood Cemetery. L/Cpl Ledwidge's grave at Artillery Wood Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Perhaps a better known war poet was 'Hedd Wynn', Pte Ellis Humphrey Evans, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He also lies buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Still at Artillery Wood Cemetery, the grave of L/Cpl Robbie, whose headstone bears the relatively scarce badge of the Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Artillery Wood. The grave of Pte A Marshall, from Todmorden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 The Kliene Berta Mortar in Boesinge. (and the back of Alan's head) And outside the garden on the pavement is a Demarcation Stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Zillebeke Churchyard. The village war memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 The grave of Lt Col Gordon Chesney Wilson MVO, Royal Horse Guards. The headstone bears one of the best known personal inscriptions of any in the Ypres Salient. "Life is a city of crooked streets. Death the marketplace where all men meet" Far from being unique, this epitaph has been known in it's entirety since at least 1739 and it appears on the gravestone of one John Gadsden who is buried in Stoke Goldington. An earlier Scottish version is known to date from 1689. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Prior to the creation of the IWGC and the policy of equal commemoration for all in terms of grave marking, many wealthy families had erected private headstones on the graves of their loved ones. Two such graves exist in the Churchyard at Zillebeke. First, that of Alexis George, Baron de Gunzburg, of 11th Hussars, att'd Royal Horse Guards. A full leger tomb. As a further memorial to their son, the de Gunzburg family paid for inscribed bells to be hung in the tower of Zillebeke Church. And secondly, Lt JHG Lee Steere, Grenadier Guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 London Ssotish Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest tafski Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Canadian Monument Vancouver corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CROONAERT Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Canadian Monument Vancouver corner same place, but another time (and war).... the future looked so bright for these flyboys when the photo was taken - I wonder how many made it past 1945?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Great photos lads. I'm definitely going to have to organise myself a trip over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Command bunker at Zandvoorde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest tafski Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Another bunker German /british at Goumier farm plaque in memory of 38th Welsh division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Nice photos...keep them coming. But... answer me this.... was there any beer on this tour or what????? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Nice photos...keep them coming. But... answer me this.... was there any beer on this tour or what????? Dave Hi dave to answer your question this tour was a fact finding mission in readiness for the big un in August the only beer which was drunk was in the evening with the group whilst disscussing the days events ,mind you we did have some long disscusions and needed to wet our whistles with some very nice belgium beers which no doubt will be seen later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 5 April , 2011 Share Posted 5 April , 2011 Nice photos...keep them coming. But... answer me this.... was there any beer on this tour or what????? Dave just for you dave a sample of the beers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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