mebu Posted 6 November , 2020 Share Posted 6 November , 2020 Was surprised when I found this. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dah Posted 16 December , 2020 Share Posted 16 December , 2020 Guessing this is a sign from WW2..........late 1944, possibly erected by the Canadians whose northern advance towards Antwerp and Holland encompassed the Belgian coast;? The British and American areas of advance were further to the east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 18 December , 2020 Share Posted 18 December , 2020 you sure about WWII??? Where would it have been taken exactly?? Anything on the back of the card?? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 18 December , 2020 Share Posted 18 December , 2020 I would say it's from the winter 1918/19 (at least after the end of the war). But the OP should at least have given the IWM reference, which would make a search easier (as most pics belong to series or have some additional info). Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 18 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2020 Jan etc, yes if I had the catalogue number I would have used it, it's just one of some miscellaneous pics I have. And yes, a likely time would be late 1918 - 1919. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 18 December , 2020 Share Posted 18 December , 2020 (edited) Peter, Sorry I can't help. Except : The photo appears part of a Chapman Charles (Australian soldier?) collection, "Scenes of the Western Front 1917-19" of approx. 250 ? North of France ... Armentières, Bailleul, etc. Maybe a few more of (near) Ypres, but I only had a quick look. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205467060 (But I did see one named "Ruins of a pill box at Anzac House Ypres". Somehow I think you may be ... interested ? :-) ) No idea what that "Faubourg" on the wall is or means. Catalogue number .... Is it IWM HU 138428 ? Aurel Edited 18 December , 2020 by Aurel Sercu last line added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 18 December , 2020 Share Posted 18 December , 2020 Well spotted, Aurel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 18 December , 2020 Share Posted 18 December , 2020 21 minutes ago, Aurel Sercu said: No idea what that "Faubourg" on the wall is or means. That should be (part of?) the name of a café, I would assume. Unfortunately, I couldn't immediately find something like that in Ypres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 18 December , 2020 Share Posted 18 December , 2020 Jan, I found that there was a Café "Au Faubourg" in the Dikkebusseweg, near the Pannenhuisstraat. Now a "fitness ruimte". But my information is from after ... 1945. (Westhoek Verbeeldt https://westhoekverbeeldt.be/ontdek/detail/ef413e16-bbc5-11e3-bf72-071bfc0768a7/media/1857a66f-22af-9d3e-4b7f-f4339fc295de?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=faubourg&rows=1&page=1&fq[]=search_s_gem_all:"Ieper" No idea of course if this is the right place ! Do you think you recognize the ruins (tower ?) in the background of Mebu's photo ?) Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 18 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2020 Aurel well done for the index number, spot on. Interesting series, quite a few are identifiable locations, eg HU 138434 which is corner of Haiglaan-Elverdingestraat (system will not let me download a copy). Some would make good then/now pictures. . Time period may be immediately post war: some pics have soldiers present, some show signs of rehabitation- maybe February/March 1919? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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