AlanCurragh Posted 10 February , 2012 Share Posted 10 February , 2012 maybe, but I'd rather not have my name attached to that headline. cheers Martin B I've amended the title to something a little more prosaic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 10 February , 2012 Share Posted 10 February , 2012 Sorry Martin Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 10 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February , 2012 thanks mods only because it referred to something that came up well after I posted, you understand cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 11 February , 2012 Share Posted 11 February , 2012 I have moved this topic back into "Recovering the Fallen" which is where martin had sensibly started it before I began merging topics and accidentally relocated it. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithrouse Posted 11 February , 2012 Share Posted 11 February , 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted 13 February , 2012 Share Posted 13 February , 2012 Amazing read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 30 March , 2012 Share Posted 30 March , 2012 Some superb photos of the site here on the WFA Flickr photoset: WFA Set 1 WFA Set 2 One of the many images: Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 31 March , 2012 Share Posted 31 March , 2012 Thanks for the amazing photo's, Norman. This site was truly frozen in time; one of the diggers said it felt a bit like discovering Pompeii, I can imagine his feelings. The collapsed walls still show this must have been a terrible place on march 18 1918. Too bad this tunnel is not going to be preserved completely and on site. At least we still have these fabulous pics! Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 31 March , 2012 Share Posted 31 March , 2012 A remarkable find Roel and as you say we can hardly imagine the conditions here in 1918. Regards Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerd.deboeck Posted 31 May , 2012 Share Posted 31 May , 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 31 May , 2012 Share Posted 31 May , 2012 Are there any information about their funeral? Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 14 July , 2013 Share Posted 14 July , 2013 Are there any information about their funeral? Fritz The official funeral for the 21 kia will take place July 19th 2013 on VdK war cemetery Illfurth/Alsace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnx Posted 14 July , 2013 Share Posted 14 July , 2013 Hallo Egbert, vielen Dank für die Information. Viele Grüße Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 15 July , 2013 Share Posted 15 July , 2013 Thanks for the update, Egbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 22 July , 2013 Share Posted 22 July , 2013 It is done. http://alsace.france3.fr/2013/07/19/inhumation-des-21-soldats-allemands-illfurth-290397.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 22 July , 2013 Share Posted 22 July , 2013 Buried within sight of a very significant burial too, I see (the first German combat casualty of the war is buried within 20 yards of their grave locations...just beyond the kameradengrab and air force memorial visible on a few of those shots). Glad they were buried at the top of the cemetery near to the men of 6/RIR 94 who were buried there in 1958 though ... wouldn't have seemed quite as dignified watching the crowd trying to stop themselves from rolling down the hill if they did it further down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobsta Posted 25 July , 2013 Share Posted 25 July , 2013 Article from the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2376475/German-soldiers-perfectly-preserved-trench-buried-alive-Allied-shell.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 25 July , 2013 Share Posted 25 July , 2013 Many thanks for the newspaper link, the D Mail consistently publishes items of interest concerning both WW2 and WW1 such as this one and always illustrated with excellent photos. A decent and dignified burial was what these men deserved and justly received. Regards Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0ebus Posted 26 July , 2013 Share Posted 26 July , 2013 :poppy: -Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 5 August , 2013 Share Posted 5 August , 2013 Two old postcards (mine) of the German cemetery at Illfurth: and Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 August , 2013 Share Posted 19 August , 2013 Pictures from the secondary interment here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 30 August , 2014 Share Posted 30 August , 2014 This week a German TV station aired a documentary about 3 individuals, lost sons of the Great War. One is telling the story of the Lieutenant that was kia in the Kilianstollen. Very interesting film about the 3 and lots of video material about the excavation works. Rare, never seen pictures from WW1 . Here is the link to the episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 31 August , 2014 Share Posted 31 August , 2014 A truly fascinating documentary Egbert. Thanks for posting. Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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