Cavells B&B Ypres Posted 3 April , 2013 Share Posted 3 April , 2013 Hi , Anyone have an idea where this picture was taken. Sorry but i have no supporting info at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eairicbloodaxe Posted 4 April , 2013 Share Posted 4 April , 2013 (edited) Isn't that the church/Abbey at Poperinge? Regards Ian EDIT: Funny how the visual memory plays tricks. No it isn't. Edited 4 April , 2013 by eairicbloodaxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley_bourne Posted 4 April , 2013 Share Posted 4 April , 2013 Sorry, I'm no help. Just wanted to say - great photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 4 April , 2013 Share Posted 4 April , 2013 Not a clue either, but lovely photo Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seany Posted 5 April , 2013 Share Posted 5 April , 2013 Is it definitely western front as i think i have seen something similar in Italy, possibly Cittadella or Castel franco. The brickwork looks flemish but i am sure i saw that same road on another picture of Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 5 April , 2013 Share Posted 5 April , 2013 Domed churches are not unknown in Flanders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 6 April , 2013 Share Posted 6 April , 2013 The architecture of the buildings at the rear left looks Flemish/NE France. The apparent number of storeys would suggest a large city. Can anyone identify the motorcyclist's unit ? That might help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 6 April , 2013 Share Posted 6 April , 2013 My first thought was that the building was the basilica in Boulogne-sur-Mer. It doesn't match, though. (Just in case anyone else was thinking the same thing). Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 6 April , 2013 Share Posted 6 April , 2013 Your man on the motor cycle, cap badge could be tank Corps , at times a motor cycle rider went ahead of Armoured cars ( 17th AC Bt.) for an idea I will look at some of my photo's , I will post it later. Crimson Rambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 6 April , 2013 Share Posted 6 April , 2013 As promised one Motor cycle and rider (my dad) this is a picture of him with the 17th AC bt/ Tank Corps in Ireland 1919, he looks a bit cleaner than your chap , looks like he is out for a sunday ride. It is almost the same bike but they did have many makes in use, also it gives you ashot of the cap badge . Crimson Rambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFayers Posted 9 April , 2013 Share Posted 9 April , 2013 Superb photo (yours also Crimson!), thanks for posting. I did wonder if the chap's cap badge could be RE? Not enough detail and too much 'flare' to be certain. The bare trees suggests autumn - winter - v early spring time; I guess there's always the possibility this could be taken in one of the Belgian / French towns or cities liberated towards the end of the war? (Is there anything distinctive about the bike or uniform to suggest late war?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jankers Posted 9 April , 2013 Share Posted 9 April , 2013 My first thought was Northern Italy but that was because of the vaguely Byzantine church. Nothing to back that up. Both great photos, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17tankman Posted 9 April , 2013 Share Posted 9 April , 2013 Are discounting Russia as the tank corps were out there in 1918?? 17tankman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eairicbloodaxe Posted 9 April , 2013 Share Posted 9 April , 2013 The wall and church styles say Belgium/France to me... Someone must know!!! Regards Ian PS. Think of anywhere in that area that was flattened in WW2... hence no-one recognising the building today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 10 April , 2013 Share Posted 10 April , 2013 Re the location I will stay with my thoughts on the motor cycle rider, not a clear picture of the cap badge in your photo but we must remember, it was taken nearly a 100 years ago, I still think Tank Corps when you compare it with my photo , I think the last 6 months of the war is about the time , so we should look at the battle locations of the 17th. armoured car battalion, they did cover a lot of ground in that period, all the locations are listed in various reports, so I will start looking. Crimson Rambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 15 April , 2013 Share Posted 15 April , 2013 No luck yet, still looking I have looked at pictures of Poperinge, but could not find a match. Crimson Rambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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