Fattyowls Posted 19 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 19 August , 2022 On 18/08/2022 at 21:20, Michelle Young said: Where is this Michelle, is this a Herbert Baker cemetery? The columns remind me of Caterpillar Valley, so I thought I could look for a medium sized Baker cemetery close to woodland. How hard can it be? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 19 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 19 August , 2022 The CWGC website doesn’t say who designed it, and I can’t remember whether it says who in the register book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 19 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 19 August , 2022 5 minutes ago, Michelle Young said: The CWGC website doesn’t say who designed it, and I can’t remember whether it says who in the register book. Back to the drawing board then..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 19 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 19 August , 2022 There’s a lot of graves in there that you wouldn’t expect, concentrated from quite some distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 20 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 20 August , 2022 14 hours ago, Michelle Young said: concentrated from quite some distance Could it be a cemetery somewhere in the middle of the area of the 100 days advance in 1918 with lots of scattered graves concentrated there. I know that doesn't narrow it down very much but it's all I could think of. I was going to say 'am I getting warm' but it's more like am I now somewhere above absolute zero...... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 August , 2022 Share Posted 20 August , 2022 I'm afraid that I'm severely underqualified to offer much to this thread, other than to use my minimal detective skills in order to try to unravel clues, but I do so enjoy following it and thereby sharing in the experiences of my more esteemed and better travelled pals. A layman's question for Pete; I am intrigued to find out why your old travelling companion M.M.'s approach to research is no longer possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 20 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 20 August , 2022 22 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Could it be a cemetery somewhere in the middle of the area of the 100 days advance in 1918 with lots of scattered graves concentrated there. I know that doesn't narrow it down very much but it's all I could think of. I was going to say 'am I getting warm' but it's more like am I now somewhere above absolute zero...... Pete. it is in the middle of a battlefield yes. A well visited battlefield, but maybe the visitors focus is directed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2022 Given On 20/08/2022 at 12:20, Michelle Young said: it is in the middle of a battlefield yes. A well visited battlefield Given the significance of today's date could that battlefield be Mons/Bergen? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 23 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 23 August , 2022 No, sorry, lots of people go to a place on this battlefield, but probably not to this cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2022 Another thought as to Michelles enigmatic view was one of the Vimy ridge cemeteries but I can't remember any of them having columns. Another thought was Sanctuary Wood at Ieper but while that has a portico with columns the War Stone is right in front. So I'm stumped basically. On 20/08/2022 at 12:14, neverforget said: A layman's question for Pete; I am intrigued to find out why your old travelling companion M.M.'s approach to research is no longer possible? Mr Plumb, I'm confused as to the question. I know it doesn't take much these days and I have been searching through more CWGC columned porticos than is probably healthy but if you can enlighten me I will endeavour to answer......... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 August , 2022 Share Posted 26 August , 2022 37 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Mr Plumb, I'm confused as to the question. I know it doesn't take much these days and I have been searching through more CWGC columned porticos than is probably healthy but if you can enlighten me I will endeavour to answer......... Pete. On 23/04/2022 at 21:50, Fattyowls said: The chap walking down the steps on the right of the three is a famous author and a pioneer of an approach to WW1 research which is no longer possible. Anyone got any guesses? Pete. I was wondering what had occured to make his approach to research no longer possible. Has access to the battlefields changed for instance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 26 August , 2022 Not bad at all Pete…….liking the cut of your jib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2022 1 hour ago, neverforget said: I was wondering what had occured to make his approach to research no longer possible. Has access to the battlefields changed for instance? Sorry matey; I am a bear of very little brain. I'd seen MM and thought this referred to Lt. Col Mingou, or Marilyne to her mates. Once I'd grasped that the MM in question is Martin I understood. Martin's approach was to talk to the ordinary soldiers who had been through such extraordinary events, an approach carried on by Hart and Van Emden to name but two. Sadly but inevitably those men are no longer available for interview...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 August , 2022 Share Posted 26 August , 2022 9 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Sorry matey; I am a bear of very little brain. I'd seen MM and thought this referred to Lt. Col Mingou, or Marilyne to her mates. Once I'd grasped that the MM in question is Martin I understood. Martin's approach was to talk to the ordinary soldiers who had been through such extraordinary events, an approach carried on by Hart and Van Emden to name but two. Sadly but inevitably those men are no longer available for interview...... Ah, I see now Pete. Literally an irreplaceable source of information. Still, he is most fortunate to have had access to such a marvelous resource, and to have made their acquaintance. Thanks for the clarification, and sorry for the confusion 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2022 1 hour ago, neverforget said: he is most fortunate to have had access to such a marvelous resource, and to have made their acquaintance. No apology needed matey, they said the carpet adhesive would have this effect eventually. Of all Martin's interviews I think the primus inter pares is Philip Howe, whose story of his morning in the Fricourt area on 1/7/1916 is so remarkable, if nothing else due to the matter of fact way he describes it. 1 hour ago, Michelle Young said: Not bad at all Pete…….liking the cut of your jib I don't like to brag. But are we talking Salient points or the Vimy version? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 26 August , 2022 Thought you’d talked yourself out on one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2022 1 minute ago, Michelle Young said: Thought you’d talked yourself out on one of them. Enigmatic, sphinx like even...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 August , 2022 Share Posted 26 August , 2022 22 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: No apology needed matey, they said the carpet adhesive would have this effect eventually. Of all Martin's interviews I think the primus inter pares is Philip Howe, whose story of his morning in the Fricourt area on 1/7/1916 is so remarkable, if nothing else due to the matter of fact way he describes it. Pete. First day on The Somme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2022 2 hours ago, neverforget said: First day on The Somme? Yep. I'm sure I came upon a video on the net of Howe talking about his experiences. We can only see because we are standing on the shoulders of giants...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 27 August , 2022 Share Posted 27 August , 2022 On 18/08/2022 at 21:20, Michelle Young said: Where is this Canadian Cemetery no 2 at Vimy Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 August , 2022 Admin Share Posted 27 August , 2022 Well done, Pete was so close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Holstein Posted 27 August , 2022 Share Posted 27 August , 2022 I'm not going to ask where this memorial is because I think few people will recognise it but as this is August and as August 1914 was particularly bloody for the French Army, I've been drifting round in forgotten places thinking about unknown battles and coming across all sorts of interesting things. Longwy, a little Vauban fortress perched on the top of a high bluff guarding one of the traditional routes into France, was besieged from 21-25 August 1914 and surrendered. The communal cemetery has a number of mass graves and memorials, including this - to my mind - remarkable German one. I haven't seen anything like it anywhere else. Christina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 27 August , 2022 Share Posted 27 August , 2022 Special : where am I?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 27 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2022 3 hours ago, Marilyne said: Special : where am I?? Not funny, in fact it's just cruel...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 27 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2022 6 hours ago, dickaren said: Canadian Cemetery no 2 at Vimy Good spot Richard; as Michelle suggested I like most people have visited the ridge and been up to the Point 145 memorial but haven't visited the cemeteries. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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