angelab Posted 23 March , 2019 Share Posted 23 March , 2019 Today I visited the grave of my grandfather's cousin Charles Russell Bristow, at Ribemont-sur-Ancre. Browsing the CWGC entry again this evening, I realise that the reason his stone is one of three packed closely together is that, before reburial here, his and the two other adjacent bodies were found marked by a single cross. A reference is given for the place they were originally found, and I wondered whether anyone could help me locate where that might be: 62d.D.17.b.5.5 Many thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 23 March , 2019 Share Posted 23 March , 2019 Try: http://www.tmapper.com/. Enter the data in the boxes on the left and you should get the location. Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAST YORKSHIRE Posted 23 March , 2019 Share Posted 23 March , 2019 Google Mapmaster WW1 put the month and year in and the coordinates in, should be somewhere near then, Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelab Posted 23 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2019 (edited) Wow! Fantastic Acknown! That's amazing; thank you so much. ...and E Yorks! Edited 23 March , 2019 by angelab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 24 March , 2019 Share Posted 24 March , 2019 (edited) Please see this NLS map 62d dated May 1918. D 17 b 5 5 is in a trench marked Reserve between Darling Trench (11 d) and Darwin Trench (17 d). https://maps.nls.uk/view/101465317 Brian Edited 26 March , 2019 by brianmorris547 typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelab Posted 24 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 24 March , 2019 Thank you so much, Brian. It's rather chilling to see so clearly where it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 25 March , 2019 Share Posted 25 March , 2019 This is from the 1:100,000 IGN no 103 (Amiens-Arras). I do not have the 1:25,000 map which covers the area but it will be on 2408 O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Thomson Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 That tmapper.com link was incredible! What an outstanding resource. It's a sobering thought that those innocuous farm fields all over the Western Front that are now so peaceful once saw such horrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 3 hours ago, Michael Thomson said: It's a sobering thought that those innocuous farm fields all over the Western Front that are now so peaceful once saw such horrors. That's what struck me when I walked around Guillemont and also Poelkapelle. It's farming country and nothing else should ever happen there. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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