Don Regiano Posted 28 May , 2020 Share Posted 28 May , 2020 14 minutes ago, Knotty said: Martinsart British Cemetery? Agreed. Here's an interesting one there which I have not had the time to follow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 Morning Pete /Don The sandstone headstones have now set me off on a tangent, Martinsart is the only full sandstone cemetery I can recall, however (busy find out old hard drives) I’m convinced there are some that I have seen at one of the Auchonvillers Cemeteries. Am I mistaken if so I will save myself some time and stop looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 29 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 29 May , 2020 Meaulte is all sandstone as is Verquin. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 On 25/05/2020 at 19:01, Michelle Young said: I'd still like to know how the Duchess of Cambridge got to the top of Thiepval in those heels. That woman was born in high heels!!! I remember the ceremony at the citadel in Liege on 4th august 2014, where Mathilde looked as she was walking on eggshells going down the stairs in her heels, and Kate then followed as if she had trainers on her feet and not those stilettos… loved it! And before anyone asks: you would not catch me dead with things like that on my feet… I'd probably break a leg after five steps … IF I ever get my feet in them… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 1 hour ago, Michelle Young said: Meaulte is all sandstone as is Verquin. Michelle Thanks Michelle, never visited those two so could only comment on the one that I know, as someone who has a greater knowledge than myself, and I right in thinking I have seen some at Auchonvillers? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Regiano Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 2 hours ago, Knotty said: I’m convinced there are some that I have seen at one of the Auchonvillers Cemeteries. Yes, I believe Auchonvillers Communal Cemetery has some. Reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 (edited) Thanks Reg👍 Thanks Michelle for looking👍 Edited 29 May , 2020 by Knotty spelling not my best subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 Auchonvillers Communal Cemetery in July 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 Thanks Harry That’s what I remember, must have been around that time I was there. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrocks Posted 29 May , 2020 Share Posted 29 May , 2020 The boche hat in St.Pierre Divion mentioned upthread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303man Posted 30 May , 2020 Share Posted 30 May , 2020 Meaulte has a mixture of Portland and Sandstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rayner Posted 30 May , 2020 Share Posted 30 May , 2020 We had a visit to Verquin, our partner school and held a small memorial with the Mayor and officials, and school pupils in 2018. We hope to return in October 2020. Sorry it's compressed-it's a big file otherwise! George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 30 May , 2020 Share Posted 30 May , 2020 The side entrance to the South African National Memorial and Museum, Delville Wood, in the pre health and safety age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 30 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 30 May , 2020 Westhof Farm, looking toward the Ravelsberg, a view very largely unchanged since Sidney Hurst visited in the preparation of the book The Silent Cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2020 Despite being close(ish) to the tourist trails it is a road less travelled. Thanks for posting a reminder for me Michelle. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 30 May , 2020 Admin Share Posted 30 May , 2020 The lovely Cuckoo Passage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2020 On the subject of headstones that aren't quite the standard creamy Portland stone colour I thought of Flatiron Copse, where the headstones are greyish. The Middlebrooks' guide suggests they are soft granite but close inspection of the stone marking Sgt. Arnold Cantell's last resting place looks like very grey shelly limestone to me. The contrast with the cross and stone is marked. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 My 5 cents worth - Thiepval from Moo cow (Mouquet) Farm... Prowse Point Cemetery from Mud Corner Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 31 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 31 May , 2020 6 hours ago, frev said: My 5 cents worth Welcome to the party Frev; I think if we have a whip round we could get significantly more than 5c for those. The Mouquet Farm one in particular was one on my list of looking back photographs, and it's a lovely angle from which to view Prowse Point. Better still the latter pre-dates the appalling UEFA Christmas Truce football memorial so is doubly welcome. Hope all is well in Victoria with you and yours. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: the appalling UEFA Christmas Truce football memorial ✔️Agree Edited 31 May , 2020 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 31 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 31 May , 2020 Appalling was not my first choice of word John, but this is polite society. One of the alternatives is possibly represented in Frev's view of Thiepval, in the pile in the foreground. Which may be visible in the distance in this one looking the other way....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 Beaulencourt British Cemetery with Tilloy Road Cemetery in the background-June 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 14 hours ago, frev said: Prowse Point Cemetery from Mud Corner Cemetery Looking back at ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 I meant to post these a little earlier in the thread when the Thiepval pics were current: Thiepval, from near Mouquet farm: And looking the other way, up the hill past Mouquet (left) to the Windmill at Pozieres (just in front of big antenna): And looking down from the Windmill (rubble, foreground), towards Thiepval: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 1 June , 2020 Share Posted 1 June , 2020 On 28/05/2020 at 04:34, dickaren said: VB looking back the other way towards Amiens May 2014 August 2007, before the original trees were removed... PS: All good here Pete! Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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