Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Hi, Anyone knows the location of Tyne Cott Str or 8.Tyne Cott Str? (propably between Dochy Farm and Tyne Cot) regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Ryckeboer Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Hello Cnock, As far as I know, the Tynecotstraat is from the 's Graventafelstraat towards the Passendalestraat. Joris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Ryckeboer Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Just tried the Flemish spelling. Use in Google Maps: 8 Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke, Vlaams Gewest Kind regards, Joris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Hi Joris, it is the name of a wartime trench or communication trench or strongpoint (1918) regards, Cnock Hi Joris, it is the name of a wartime trench or communication trench or strongpoint (1918) forgot to mention, sorry regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Ryckeboer Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Of course you meant that... In that case: I cann't help you... I'm sorry!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Joris, thanks anyway URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/30/tynecott2a.jpg/][/url] Uploaded with ImageShack.us August 1918 Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Certainly looks as though that could be hill 40 in the background Eddy Take your pick from any of the concrete dugouts on this map section from "Linesman"...... regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Ryckeboer Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 In Rats Alley, Tyne Cott as Trench Name, has Map Reference D17a on Sheet N° and name 28NE1 Zonnebeke. I hope this helps? Joris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Tom, You are right There was also a pick of the wartime grave near the bunker of an Australian artillery officer kia 9/10/1917, who is now buried at Dochy Farm New Mil Cem Joris, thanks Regards, Eddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Hi Tom, text on bunker says Tyne Cott South Eddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Ryckeboer Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 If I'm correct, and this is indeed a German picture; were the bunkers of a specific bunker group in a defence line(as the bunkers at Tyne Cott), given an number to make it easier to located them for the own observers in preparation of offensives in 1918? I known, there is a lot in 1 sentence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Joris, yes, it is a group of bunkers; German bunkers lost in oktober 1917, and retaken during April offensive I think the text on the bunker is English, 'Sth - South' for use by British observers or pilots Somebody correct me if I am wrong! Eddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Looking at the entrance if that is on the rear slope of hill 40 then the entrance we see will be facing Tyne Cot also could it be Tyne Cott st(rase) regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/196/tynecotaa.jpg/][/url] Uploaded with ImageShack.us Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/tc4q.jpg/][/url] Uploaded with ImageShack.us looking from the bunker towards Ypres (August 1918), the 'emptyness' of the battlefield with lone grave Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Ah! a clear view of Ypres from the bunker then....I had it on the north slope of hill 40...obviously wrong.....sorry Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 25 October , 2011 Share Posted 25 October , 2011 Here is a map showing the structures still standing and usable in summer 18' when the area is back in German hands, so it is likely one of these. I do not think that this will be as far west as Otto Farm. It also looks like the writing is on the west face of the bunker where approaching troops would see it(the British are unlikely to have painted white on the side facing the Germans) What we see looks like a lean-to against the wall, not an entrance, which would have been on the other side. Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 25 October , 2011 Share Posted 25 October , 2011 sorry, scan missed a bit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 25 October , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2011 Hi Peter, thanks for the maps! regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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