Cymro Posted 10 October , 2016 Share Posted 10 October , 2016 One of the men I'm researching - Archie Morris of Neath who served in the 1st RWF on the Western Front in 1916/1917 (he was later commissioned into the 7th South Wales Borderers) took his family to France in the late 1920s (or early 1930s - not clear) to see where he fought in the war. I'm including photographs of the memorials he visited. The first is unidentified - It looks to be a bronze bird on top. The second is Hill 60, which was destroyed in WW2 I believe and the 3rd is the Canadian memorial at St Juliaan. I thought it would be interesting to post, and I'd be very interested to hear what the first memorial is. Best Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2016 Share Posted 10 October , 2016 Hi Cymro Your first picture is the memorial to flying ace Georges Guynemer situated in Poelkapelle,Belgium, it is now in the centre of a roundabout.The symbol on top commemorates the Cigognes - The Storks, the operational unit he flew with. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 10 October , 2016 Share Posted 10 October , 2016 The second Hill 60 Memorial Queen Victoria's Rifles (as caption) Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 10 October , 2016 Share Posted 10 October , 2016 (edited) and the third St. Julien Canadian Memorial at Vancouver Corner Regards Ray jon should have read all of your post before replying Edited 10 October , 2016 by RaySearching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 10 October , 2016 Share Posted 10 October , 2016 Jon Interesting pictures which fit in neatly with another photo identification thread running concurrently, which I am sure you will have seen (but just in case I'll post the link). I think there might be recently harvested grain in the background of the Hill 60 one. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymro Posted 10 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 10 October , 2016 34 minutes ago, Knotty said: Hi Cymro Your first picture is the memorial to flying ace Georges Guynemer situated in Poelkapelle,Belgium, it is now in the centre of a roundabout.The symbol on top commemorates the Cigognes - The Storks, the operational unit he flew with. John Thanks very much for this John and for the input everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 11 October , 2016 Share Posted 11 October , 2016 5 hours ago, Cymro said: Then and Now, courtesy of Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymro Posted 11 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 11 October , 2016 Excellent Andrew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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