stephen binks Posted 22 February , 2005 Share Posted 22 February , 2005 Has anybody further information on these duggouts? I know they were used by the 36th and 19th Division artillery for June 7th 1917. One of them has a red cross that is still visible( although not sure it is original) Interested on thoughts about the graffetti! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 22 February , 2005 Share Posted 22 February , 2005 Only posting because after more than 9 hours there is no reply yet. Sorry Stephen, I have no info. Where were these dugouts exactly ? Are they related to the three (four ?) Lettenberg bunkers (concrete shelters) that were excavated some time ago, and that will be shown to the public on April 17th ? (There is a thread about them.) No info about the red cross either. All I know is that a short distance from Hop Store Cemetery there is a farm with a red cross on a side wall (there was a thread about that too some months ago), but Hop Store is at Vlamertinge. Too far away. Can you be a bit more specific ? Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 22 February , 2005 Share Posted 22 February , 2005 Ah! You beat me to it Aurel!!! I was about to ask... which "Kemmel Dug-outs"? There were tons of them! Do you refer to "Kemmel Shelters" (which are nearby the bunkers mentioned above), but no trace of which exist today, the lettenberg bunkers , or somewhere completely different? I've got a couple of the "kemmel" 1:10,000 scale maps (one of which shows (nearly) all dugouts, etc), so , if you let us know exactly where you are referring to, I 'll see if they're shown. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen binks Posted 23 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Yes , they are the Lettenberg shelters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Stephen, So the Lettenberg shelters. Sorry, I have no info on them, but maybe you can find what you are looking for in this : http://1914-1918.org/forum/index.php?showt...9&hl=lettenberg Dave, There are nights that a man can go to bed with the prospect of having the most wonderful sweet dreams. Knowing that he has beaten someone. Yesterday night was one of them. Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Missinne Posted 23 February , 2005 Share Posted 23 February , 2005 Click here to find some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen binks Posted 28 February , 2005 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2005 Thank you for the replies and links....very interesting. Sorry it took so long to reply ( just arrived back) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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