jay dubaya Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Definitely trial pieces - what else could they be. Nice unusual finds, how many did you find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 I found a good twenty stickers but with the confinement I cannot go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Where they found anywhere near the former Audencourt British Cemetery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 No more than 3 km away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 5 minutes ago, jay dubaya said: Audencourt British Cemetery Was concentrated into Caudry wasn't it? :-) M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Just now, Matlock1418 said: Was concentrated into Caudry wasn't it? :-) M Indeed it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Here is the sticker of Lt C A VORLEY. I managed to identify it. Lt Charles Archibald VORLEY killed on 16-09-1916 Royal Sussex Regiment. Yes on Caudry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: Here is the sticker of Lt C A VORLEY. Who is in Caudry Old Communal Cemetery :-) Edited 16 November , 2020 by Matlock1418 expanded to full cemetery name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Yes Lt Vorley is buried in Caudry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 We can see from the holes that the sticker has been studded on the cross. So I do think the crosses were thrown in a field. And maybe burnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: The fragments were found together in a field in Caudry Have checked Caudry Old Communal Cemetery: But not found 137905 Nor a man with the initials CH Only two surnames starting with CH - Charlo and Cheshire Nine LCPL Quite a puzzle, isn't it? Chaudry British Cemetery has to be the next one to look at. :-) M Edited 16 November , 2020 by Matlock1418 added comment which was missed at first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 8 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: So I do think the crosses were thrown in a field. And maybe burnt. Seems a possibility - as was suggested earlier But ... the presence of so many fragments and the trial piece still brings me back to a workshop and rejection. Like a cracked record I am!!! ;-) M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 I think it's both at the same time. That is to say a manufacturing workshop on a cross destruction site. ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: I think it's both at the same time. That is to say a manufacturing workshop on a cross destruction site. Would certainly to seem to make sense - or vice versa activities! :-) Edited 16 November , 2020 by Matlock1418 other option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Here is a last sticker for today for which I have not found a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 18 minutes ago, Matlock1418 said: Chaudry British Cemetery has to be the next one to look at. Have checked Caudry British Cemetery: But not found 137905 or near number Four men with the initials CH 13 surnames starting with CH 44 LCPL Quite a puzzle, isn't it? :-) M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 18 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: Here is a last sticker for today for which I have not found a solution. C R Michel - looks like it could be a French name ?? :-) M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Were all these items collected in the same area? The 9 round metal caps with raised lugs (bottom right) look like screw caps from fuel cans, paraffin, or petrol. They could be tightened securely by using a flat file to apply leverage. Perhaps all the items were from a storage depot of some sort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Yes all these objects were found in the same field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 16 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2020 Matlock. Some stickers come from soldiers buried in Romeries, Iwuy, Cambrai, Fontaine au bois, Iwuy, Avesnes le sec, Solesmes, Saint Souplet, Honnechy and Saint Aubert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: Matlock. Some stickers come from soldiers buried in Romeries, Iwuy, Cambrai, Fontaine au bois, Iwuy, Avesnes le sec, Solesmes, Saint Souplet, Honnechy and Saint Aubert. OK, that might be the case [and in itself that is not a problem - you obviously have a range of sources = fantastic] - but if you can give an idea of provenance / where each was found it might help us a bit more to go on. I'm afraid "CR Michel" is a bit 'minimalistic' to go on. Edit: Going by my recent looks at Ancestry/Fold3 transcriptions - "Michel" was a common error :-( when they should have correctly transcribed as "Michael" = so perhaps 'CR Michael' was what was really required ??? :-) M Edited 16 November , 2020 by Matlock1418 edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 32 minutes ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: The 9 round metal caps with raised lugs (bottom right) look like screw caps from fuel cans, paraffin, or petrol. Using the cartridge case as scale you could very well be correct = Fuel to get the fire going?? ;-) M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 16 November , 2020 Share Posted 16 November , 2020 3 hours ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: The 9 round metal caps with raised lugs (bottom right) look like screw caps from fuel cans, paraffin, or petrol. They could be tightened securely by using a flat file to apply leverage. 3 hours ago, Matlock1418 said: Using the cartridge case as scale you could very well be correct = Fuel to get the fire going?? ;-) M Here's an example : Vintage Fuel Can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXELLENDE Posted 17 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2020 I think C R stands for CANADIAN REGIMENT. And I found this soldier buried in the cemetery of Rieux en Cambrésis near Caudry who could correspond to MICHEL.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 17 November , 2020 Share Posted 17 November , 2020 17 minutes ago, MAXELLENDE said: I think C R stands for CANADIAN REGIMENT. ??? Can't comment much really. But "Michel" I suppose could perhaps relate to a french-speaking Canadian - or as we have mentioned before could perhaps be a reject spelling e.g. as you hypothesise, perhaps intended for Mitchel [sounds rather anglicised but who might have also been french-speaking!] ??? Good luck :-) M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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