salientguide Posted 24 December , 2004 Share Posted 24 December , 2004 How about Authille cemetery sloping curving hillside above the Ancre. Here is one, taken May this year. Was over during a mini-heat wave, and I agree this is a beautiful spot. Alan Many thanks nice pic. Went there on a frosty October morning a few years ago , very atmospheric as they all are each in their own way. Yes Pte Willie Mcbride is buried here and it is generally accepted that this where Eric Bogle got the name from. With some poetic licenece as "Wullie" was actually 21 and not nineteen. Yes Eric Bogle or certainly his music is well known on the folk scene in the UK. thanks all and a very Happy christmas to all. SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cox Posted 24 December , 2004 Share Posted 24 December , 2004 Hear is one of Authille Cemetery taken on a misty morning in March 2002 Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salientguide Posted 24 December , 2004 Share Posted 24 December , 2004 Hear is one of Authille Cemetery taken on a misty morning in March 2002 Tony And thanks again, another very atmospheric picture. Well done SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen White Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 For personal reasons.Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.Photographs taken on 6th June 2004. Despite Boulogne been a small,noisey town,The cemetery is a place of tranquilty and is beautifully kept. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen White Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 Another on taken the same day.The civilian cemetery can be seen in the background,behind the hedge. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 I agree Steven, my Great Uncle is buried there, having died of wounds in the retreat from Mons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 My favorite is a non Commonwealth one: Vladso German cemetery Then my favorite commonwealth one is St symphorien near Mons: http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/st_symphorien.htm And then the Buttes New cemetery: http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/buttes.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serreroad Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 Too many spring to mind, including: Ten Tree Alley, Somme (no book, so no idea how many visitors it gets, but not too many I would imagine) Railway Hollow, Somme - Enchanting location Beaumont Hamel, Somme - Where those brave Lancs Fusiliers fell on 1st July All Redan Ridge Cems, Somme - inc Waggon Rd, Munich, Frankfort & New Munich (location, location, location) Gordons, Somme - So many similarities to Devonshires Cem across the road, but without the myhtology And of course St. Symphorien - from an age of innocence.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff. Hobson Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 Surprised that no one mentioned the one at Polygon Wood, impressive to me when you look down on it surrounded by trees. Maybe it's a state of mind when you first see it having followed the way some men in the Leicesters from my Village attacked there. Cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 27 December , 2004 Share Posted 27 December , 2004 Does anyone have a photo of Le Troux Aid Post they could post? The only time I was there with a camera was in the middle of a rainstorm - somehow the windswept greyness doesn't quite convey the beauty I was talking about... Here's one. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 I think any of them when the flowers are out. I do like this one, Zouave Valley near Vimy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen White Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 I think any of them when the flowers are out. Good comment Matt.Considering what the fighting must have been like and the state of these cemeteries when they first opened.To see them now in full flower and so peaceful.The fallen truely are "Resting in Peace". Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Noble Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 Aveluy Wood (Lancashire Dump) on a beautiful May evening, cuckoos singing in the trees..... Regards, Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 Sanctuary Wood on a misty May morning stands out for me as it was the first cemetery I had visited. We then went up to the Hill 62 memorial, finally we looked at the museum. I think we did the visit in the correct order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 I think any of them when the flowers are out. sadly I can't recall which Salient cemetery this is.....but I think it illustrates the point well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris basey Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 Matt According to CWGC 2849 Cpl S.Rawlings is buried in the Borre British Cemetery near Hazebrouck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted 28 December , 2004 Share Posted 28 December , 2004 Prowse Point for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinglma Posted 29 December , 2004 Share Posted 29 December , 2004 too many to mention. Ramparts Cemetery has already been mentioned - rightly so in my opinion as it has to my mind possibly the most beautiful setting. However a personal favourite which has always impressed by the colourful planting is Roclincourt Military Cemetery. I also think the fact that it is surrounded by the village that the men died for is particularly moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGWR Posted 29 December , 2004 Share Posted 29 December , 2004 Mat, Wandering around Authuile Cemetery a couple of years ago, I noticed that there were two W. McBrides buried on the slope. Both, I believe, were called William. It's difficult to pick out any cemeteries... but I have always found St Symphorien and the Munsters cemetery in Etreux especially moving. http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cemetery_...=2076401&mode=1 Regards, AGWR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williew Posted 30 December , 2004 Share Posted 30 December , 2004 st symphorien is the most beautiful that i have seen. It holds the bodies of the first and last british soldier to die in the great war. very sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkristof Posted 30 December , 2004 Share Posted 30 December , 2004 Surprised that no one mentioned the one at Polygon Wood, impressive to me when you look down on it surrounded by trees. Maybe it's a state of mind when you first see it having followed the way some men in the Leicesters from my Village attacked there. Cliff. I did! that is the Burres new Cemetery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPERITE Posted 31 December , 2004 Share Posted 31 December , 2004 My favorite Spanbroekmolen cemetery in the middle of nowhere in Flanders field. Happy New Year all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPERITE Posted 31 December , 2004 Share Posted 31 December , 2004 Does anyone have a photo of Le Troux Aid Post they could post? The only time I was there with a camera was in the middle of a rainstorm - somehow the windswept greyness doesn't quite convey the beauty I was talking about... Mat. I have a lot of pics of Le Troux Aid Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10764 Posted 31 December , 2004 Share Posted 31 December , 2004 Lonsdale Cemetery near Authuille- reached by a small path between fields, on a slope which rises up towards the Thiepval Memorial, almost in the "cusp" of Authuille Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPERITE Posted 1 January , 2005 Share Posted 1 January , 2005 Mu Corner(?) again very nice: Soren, Marco is correct. Your photo is Prowse Point Cemetery. Mud Corner is the small one some 200 meters south. Sue, We have the same taste. (At least with regard to the cemeteries not in Boezinge territory...) I think Ploegsteert wood Mil. Cem. deserves a second photo. Aurel OK Aurel Here is Your second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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