Fattyowls Posted 26 October , 2016 Share Posted 26 October , 2016 I've had a search of the forum and the electrical interweb looking for an on-line register for the new memorial for all those killed in the Pas de Calais/Nord region in WW1, but drawn a blank. Does anyone know if such a thing exists and if so can they point me to it? I have a vague recollection of looking up some of my footballers when it was first opened but I can't be sure I didn't imagine it. It is a memorial I am keen to visit but I won't be there until next year at the earliest. Thanks in anticipation, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Roberts Posted 26 October , 2016 Share Posted 26 October , 2016 Was there the other month. Not sure if this helps, but seems there's an app http://www.lens14-18.com/en/579606-soldiers-names/ Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 26 October , 2016 3 hours ago, Jane Roberts said: Was there the other month. Not sure if this helps, but seems there's an app http://www.lens14-18.com/en/579606-soldiers-names/ Jane Jane, this is very kind of you. I can't seem to find a link to the database on the site itself and my phone isn't smart enough for the apps, but it is a good start. There is a corner of the Somme battlefield just north of Gueudecourt which appears to fall inside the Pas-de-Calais and I was interested to see if the men who died there (including Major Lanoe Hawker VC, shot down by Manfred von Richthofen) are included on the Ring of Remembrance. Much appreciated, Pete. P.S. One of my footballers is buried in Ypres Resevoir. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 October , 2016 Admin Share Posted 27 October , 2016 MorningPete just downloaded the app and checked HAWKER , but Lanoe doesn't appear. The Anneau de Memoire is impressive and we always visit when we are over. The nearby museum on the main road is also well worth visiting. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 27 October , 2016 Share Posted 27 October , 2016 michelle, would you please be so kind and check for > Kurt Thielicke < please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frajohn Posted 27 October , 2016 Share Posted 27 October , 2016 Egbert It would appear that he is not listed on the memorial. regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 27 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 27 October , 2016 7 hours ago, Michelle Young said: MorningPete just downloaded the app and checked HAWKER , but Lanoe doesn't appear. The Anneau de Memoire is impressive and we always visit when we are over. The nearby museum on the main road is also well worth visiting. Michelle Thanks Michelle, I suspected as much, although Hawker is remembered on the RFC/RAF Memorial to the Missing at Faubourg d'Amiens in Arras, which presumably falls within the catchment of the Ring of Remembrance. I was going to check on Kurt Thielicke and my man Leigh Roose for something I am currently writing (with lots of help from Egbert), but I now know what the answer is likely to be. It is rare these days for me to find something really new on the battlefields but I am really keen to see the Ring; the view from where it now stands is a favourite of mine. The other moral I need to take from this is that it is time I got a new phone........ 4 hours ago, egbert said: michelle, would you please be so kind and check for > Kurt Thielicke < please? Egbert, you read my mind from the middle of the Atlantic ocean; I am impressed. 2 hours ago, Frajohn said: Egbert It would appear that he is not listed on the memorial. regards John Thanks John; I was interested too, hope all is well in Martinpuich. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 October , 2016 Admin Share Posted 27 October , 2016 Took this photo in September Pete, gives you the general idea Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 October , 2016 Admin Share Posted 27 October , 2016 Hello Egbert there are a Karl and a Fritz but not a Kurt Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 27 October , 2016 Share Posted 27 October , 2016 Thank you John, Pete and Michelle for the look-up. For me of course a dissapointing result. Greetings from the 7seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 7 August , 2018 Share Posted 7 August , 2018 On 28 October 2016 at 00:08, egbert said: result I am currently on vacation in France Nord. i have paid a visit to the memorial at Notre Dame Lorette. of course I looked for some friends and I did find Gottfried..... i will post his inscription should you require but I assume you have it already. my two uncles are not present, but they were killed in Verdun area which is outside the scope of this memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 7 August , 2018 Share Posted 7 August , 2018 Wow great find -no I do not have anything seen from Gottfried related to the ring of remembrance. If you have a picture with his inscription please post it in the trunk thread and let me have a hi res copy as well. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 7 August , 2018 Share Posted 7 August , 2018 Anything on my Great uncle Kurt Thielicke ( presented under the Thielicke thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 7 August , 2018 Share Posted 7 August , 2018 Will certainly add to the trunk thread Give me a couple of days I do not have the skill to link my Nikon to this apple but At home I am Lord of technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 7 August , 2018 Share Posted 7 August , 2018 Tomorrow I travel to Arnek cemetery. I visit John Platt JENKINSON, who died exactly 100 years tomorrow. ( of wounds ) I also found his name on the Notre Dame Memorial . He was a cousin on the side of my mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 9 August , 2018 Share Posted 9 August , 2018 If you have not seen this video give it a click. Very well presented and epic camera work.. must be from a drone. But well done to the makers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 13 August , 2018 Great find Martin, I didn't look at it when you posted it originally for some reason but I'm so impressed by it. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 22 August , 2018 Share Posted 22 August , 2018 Epic Monument - on the same plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herekawe Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 Hi I visited the Ring of Remembrance in August 2018 and was discussing it with someone yesterday who asked how many women's names are on it? If anyone has that information I would like to know. I must say however a very impressive piece of work, a combination of practical engineering and attractive design. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 3 April , 2019 Admin Share Posted 3 April , 2019 There are certainly women's names on it, I just searched for a casualty from Etaples cemetery. As to how many, I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 I went to the Anneau a few months ago (and hit the most sh**** weather ever, but never mind). On it are ALL names of ALL casualties of the war. So you'll find ALL men and women of ALL nations. Just in alphabetical order, without any signs of rank or nationalities. The sheer number of names are impressive!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 3 April , 2019 44 minutes ago, Marilyne said: I went to the Anneau a few months ago (and hit the most sh**** weather ever, but never mind). On it are ALL names of ALL casualties of the war. So you'll find ALL men and women of ALL nations. Just in alphabetical order, without any signs of rank or nationalities. The sheer number of names are impressive!!! M. It's very high on my list of visits next time I'm over. I like the Lorette spur anyway for the views and the history but looking for all my footballers will be very special. I was intending to draw this to your attention but I couldn't remember how to do the @Marilyne thing. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 1 hour ago, Marilyne said: I went to the Anneau a few months ago (and hit the most sh**** weather ever, but never mind). On it are ALL names of ALL casualties of the war. So you'll find ALL men and women of ALL nations. Just in alphabetical order, without any signs of rank or nationalities. The sheer number of names are impressive!!! M. Only those who are buried in Nord & Pas-de-Calais, I think. That's very far from "ALL"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle of loos Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 Good evening, If you want photos of the names on the memory ring, I will be delighted to help you. I live nearby. Kind regards Michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 3 April , 2019 Share Posted 3 April , 2019 From memory there are something of the order of 580,000 names on that memorial. The school children we took-10/11 year olds-were stunned by it all George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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