GW Billington Posted 28 January , 2018 Share Posted 28 January , 2018 (edited) Good afternoon everyone. I haven't been on for quite a while after members helped a great deal with a very successful 'walking in my Grandfathers footsteps' trip on the Somme. This time I'm going to Ypres to hopefully do the same thing. I know he was in Congrieve Walk in December 1916 and have a map for that but on 23rd October that year the War Diaries state that his Battalion was 'manning the Reiyerburg Defences' I can find no reference to these defences (spelling may be wrong!) can anyone help please? Edited 28 January , 2018 by GW Billington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 January , 2018 Share Posted 28 January , 2018 If I’m right I think you may be refering to the Reigersburg Chateau, used as a camp, north of Ypres on the N8. I’m not close to any of my reference material at present so I hope another Pal can give you a map reference. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW Billington Posted 29 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2018 Thank-you John. Yes, a map reference or even a copy of a trench map showing it would be brilliant. I would also like to see a map of the Saint Jean area showing the x line, Congrieve walk and the opposing German Trenches if anyone can help with this. Thanks again - much appreciated Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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