egbert Posted 19 November , 2016 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2016 thanks for that, I was indeed able to watch it far away from the Somme in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 19 November , 2016 Share Posted 19 November , 2016 Great work Steve, thank you. I've been threatening to buy Sly a beer for all his great work and knowing what he looks like will be a good start. Pete. P.S. Doesn't the Butte de Warlencourt look different without the trees and bushes. It might be the misty autumn weather but it starts to look menacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 24 November , 2016 Author Share Posted 24 November , 2016 (edited) This is the video link that gives Kurt Thielicke a face 100 years after his death: http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/picardie/emissions/rendez-vous-info/fin-bataille-somme-1136273.html Edited 9 December , 2016 by egbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian N Megson Posted 6 November , 2017 Share Posted 6 November , 2017 This is a fascinating story, nice to be reminded of it and hopefully never to be forgotten.................... I myself visited the location of the trench where poor Kurt died in 2016, diificult to imagine how it all must have looked in 1916.... The reason for me being in at that area was that my Grandfather, Private 23800 Harry Megson who was in the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (part of the 12th Division) were in the vicinity just a few days later when on the 12th October 1916 the battalion assembled in Ranger, Windy and Thistle trench to face the German front line at Le Transloy. They went over the top at 2.05pm. N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 22 November , 2017 Author Share Posted 22 November , 2017 On 06.11.2017 at 09:16, Ian N Megson said: This is a fascinating story, nice to be reminded of it and hopefully never to be forgotten.................... I myself visited the location of the trench where poor Kurt died in 2016, diificult to imagine how it all must have looked in 1916.... The reason for me being in at that area was that my Grandfather, Private 23800 Harry Megson who was in the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (part of the 12th Division) were in the vicinity just a few days later when on the 12th October 1916 the battalion assembled in Ranger, Windy and Thistle trench to face the German front line at Le Transloy. They went over the top at 2.05pm. N. Sorry, I only saw your post today. Thanks for remembering all dead from Gueudecourt ridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 22 November , 2017 Share Posted 22 November , 2017 2 hours ago, egbert said: Thanks for remembering all dead from Gueudecourt ridge Seconded. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 31 January , 2018 Share Posted 31 January , 2018 I'm not sure that Kurt has been forgotten - I found a tribute to him when I visited Guedecourt last year to lay a wreath to a long-lost relative, killed nearby when serving with the 36 Brigade MGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 1 February , 2018 Author Share Posted 1 February , 2018 23 hours ago, roger pierson said: I'm not sure that Kurt has been forgotten - I found a tribute to him when I visited Guedecourt last year to lay a wreath to a long-lost relative, killed nearby when serving with the 36 Brigade MGC. Wow, would you care to give me the precise location please for my next visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2019 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2019 (edited) 103 years....R.I.P. Lichter der EwigkeitKurt Thielicke Lichter der Ewigkeit VdK.pdf Edited 15 March , 2021 by egbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 4 October , 2019 Share Posted 4 October , 2019 Remembering Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 October , 2019 Share Posted 4 October , 2019 Not forgotten. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 15 March , 2021 Colorized picture from above b/w Kurt Thielicke as a young boy with parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 15 March , 2021 Kurt Thielicke pupil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 15 March , 2021 Kurt Thielicke student of Philology and German language and Literature Studies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 15 March , 2021 Kurt Thielicke , Lieutenant RIR 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 15 March , 2021 Share Posted 15 March , 2021 Brilliant Egbert; I've always liked the one of Kurt as a student but this really brings him to life as a person. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mackenzie Posted 18 March , 2021 Share Posted 18 March , 2021 Great pictures Egbert. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 25 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 25 March , 2021 I received two pictures today with the actual place of 1st burial when kia 1916. It is the old premise of the German cemetery in Bertincourt where Kurt was buried. A memorial is the lone survivor of the former miltary cemetery. This is the place Kurt was buried until sometime later in 1916 when his father came to pick up the remains for family burial in Halle / Saale. .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 25 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 25 March , 2021 The home memorial for RIR 36 in Halle which was built to remember after the war in the 20s, has been destroyed by the East German communists in the late 1940s, appr. 1947. Plaques were smashed as was the masonry work. Nothing left today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 25 March , 2021 Share Posted 25 March , 2021 Great photos ! Egbert, I believe you were yourself in the Air Force, Bertincourt cemetery has a strong connection with it ! The monument at Bertincourt was dedicated to German airmen, there is a plane carved behind it and names on both side but they have disappeared now. One of them could have been Hermann Keller, Feldflieger Abteilung 32, who lost his life at Bertincourt on 26 June 1916. I believe he was buried there and after the war he was reburied at Neuville Saint-Vaast German cemetery. I don't know who were the other airmen... but maybe someone knows. About 10 meters from that monument in the civilian cemetery is a grave of Marcel Silvestre de Sacy, a French airman. He was flying on a Morane Saulnier 406 and was shot down by Me-1019's and at crashed at Bertincourt. The propeller on his grave is believed to be from his plane. Sly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 26 March , 2021 Author Share Posted 26 March , 2021 Sly, thats what I call interesting information -thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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