Ralphed Posted 9 May , 2011 Share Posted 9 May , 2011 Can anyone help me get a trench map /overlay of this area. Off on a visit in Aug and want to understand the layout of the land a bit bettter. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 9 May , 2011 Share Posted 9 May , 2011 I have a few maps of this area mainly dated from end April 1917 to Sept 1917, some trench maps, some more general. Some with contours & others without. As the trench locations (and who holds them) change quite rapidly & new ones appear throughout the summer of 1917 perhaps you should PM me so we can decide which ones you want. TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphed Posted 10 May , 2011 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2011 Thanks. PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 11 May , 2011 Share Posted 11 May , 2011 Hi,could I suggest it would be great to see some overlay or comparison views of the Bullecourt area here too Andy Here is Bullecourt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connaughtranger Posted 12 May , 2011 Share Posted 12 May , 2011 Hi,could I suggest it would be great to see some overlay or comparison views of the Bullecourt area here too Andy Here is Bullecourt A fine piece of patchwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H Posted 12 May , 2011 Share Posted 12 May , 2011 Hi,could I suggest it would be great to see some overlay or comparison views of the Bullecourt area here too Andy Here is Bullecourt That is excellent! Any more? Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphed Posted 12 May , 2011 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2011 Thanks for your maps guys. I just love this Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 12 May , 2011 Share Posted 12 May , 2011 Hello Osvaldo, mine are on their way too Thanks guys,I have quite a few others thanks to the Australian archives and linesman Here is another view of Bullecourt under bombardment Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 14 May , 2011 Share Posted 14 May , 2011 Not a great deal of interest in poor old Bullecourt? Here is a view of the railway embankment south of the village Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 14 May , 2011 Share Posted 14 May , 2011 The embankment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H Posted 14 May , 2011 Share Posted 14 May , 2011 Not a great deal of interest in poor old Bullecourt? Here is a view of the railway embankment south of the village Andy Andy Well, I am enjoying your efforts! Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainvince Posted 14 May , 2011 Share Posted 14 May , 2011 Me too. One of our local soldiers serving with the 2/4th Bn Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (part of the 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division) was killed in action on 15th April 1917. I haven't seen the War Diaries but the "Regimental Warpath" indicated the Division was involved in the German attack on Lagnicourt on the 15 Apr 1917. 21 year old Private James Henry Bairstow 201617 may well have been in the Lagnicourt area or in the trenches around Bullecourt when he died. He was buried in HAC Cemetery Ecoust-St Mein which the CWGC advises was extended after the armistice when graves were added from battlefields of Bullecourt and Ecoust. We still have to visit his grave but have driven through Bullecourt and read the Battleground Europe book. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 14 May , 2011 Share Posted 14 May , 2011 I too love these overlays. Well done. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 15 May , 2011 Share Posted 15 May , 2011 Thank you guys. This area is another part of the western front that is often overlooked, my interest is the Yorkshire battalions that fought around here, not forgetting the Aussies either Bernard, I will have a look at the 62nd Div history Wyralls today and see what I can find Here is another aerial of Bullecourt Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainvince Posted 15 May , 2011 Share Posted 15 May , 2011 Andy Any information would be appreciated as I am still trying to track down where many of our soldiers fought and fell. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainvince Posted 15 May , 2011 Share Posted 15 May , 2011 Andy Your new aerial appears to cover the area which includes the Australian Memorial - Modern plan/aerial attached. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 16 May , 2011 Share Posted 16 May , 2011 Thanks Bernard, I have the short diary account ready for you Here is another view of the village dated 24th April 1917 from the South Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havrincourt Posted 19 May , 2011 Share Posted 19 May , 2011 Here is a trench map of the area showing the positions of the Yorkshire battalions prior to the attack on 3rd May 1917 Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphed Posted 27 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2011 Did a bit overlaying. This helped me get to the approx position of the wife's G grandfather prior to going up to Noreuil in 1917. The war map comes from Royal fusiliers war diary from some research i had done last year. It's not exact. I could not get all of it to match up. Vraucourt Copse is slightly out of position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphed Posted 27 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2011 Same map from a different angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franz Posted 1 May , 2015 Share Posted 1 May , 2015 Hello,[/size] my gre[/size] Hello,[/size] my great-uncle Alois Schoellhorn (born in 1891) was killed in action in the morning of April 2, 1917 in the outposts of Noreuil. He was a soldier of the 4th Company of the German (Wuerttemberg) Reserve-Infantrie-Regiment 119, 26th Reserve Division.[/size] My question: Are there still in Australia maps or sketches in war diaries in which the details of the attack on Noreuil at April 2, 1917 are drawn on? I'm interested in particularly the exact location of these outposts around the village where my great-uncle died. His German comrades had to have his body back. A grave does not exist. I think he is somewhere buried in the soil at Noreuil.[/size] We are glad that we can live peacefully as an Australian and German today. [/size] Thank you and Many greetings from Germany[/size] Franz Schollhorn[/size] at-uncle Alois Schoellhorn (born in 1891) was killed in action in the morning of April 2, 1917 in the outposts of [/size] Noreuil. He was a soldier of the 4th Company of the German (Wuerttemberg) Reserve-Infantrie-Regiment 119, 26th Reserve Division.[/size] My question: Are there still in Australia maps or sketches in war diaries in which the details of the attack on Noreuil at April 2, 1917 are drawn on? I'm interested in particularly the exact location of these outposts around the village where my great-uncle died. His German comrades had to have his body back. A grave does not exist. I think he is somewhere buried in the soil at Noreuil.[/size] We are glad that we can live peacefully as an Australian and German today. [/size] Thank you and Many greetings from Germany[/size] Franz Schollhorn[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franz Posted 7 May , 2015 Share Posted 7 May , 2015 Hello, You can read here in the forum my new request about Noreuil at 2. April 1917 in a new thread http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=227432&hl= Yours Franz Schöllhorn Schoellhorn.franz[at]gmx.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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