Arne Vandendriessche Posted 12 August , 2021 Share Posted 12 August , 2021 Hello everyone Someone I know lives on a farm in Proven where there was a camp during WW1. He is interested in what exactly was there. The homestead was called Spring Farm. Reference: 27.E.18.d.3.0 I'd like to know which unit was there. Can you help? All information is welcome. Greetings Arne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan24 Posted 12 August , 2021 Share Posted 12 August , 2021 3 minutes ago, Arne Vandendriessche said: Hello everyone Someone I know lives on a farm in Proven where there was a camp during WW1. He is interested in what exactly was there. The homestead was called Spring Farm. Reference: 27.E.18.d.3.0 I'd like to know which unit was there. Can you help? All information is welcome. Greetings Arne Many allied units would have passed through. The area looks like a railhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Arne Vandendriessche Posted 12 August , 2021 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2021 I myself found all this map in attachment. Has anyone here ever come across the name Spring Farm in a WD or something? Greetings Arne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 12 August , 2021 Share Posted 12 August , 2021 Arne As far as I can make out from a map in the 1917 WD of 18 Corps A&QMG (WO 95/954/2) (p 7/95) Spring Farm might just have been in the St Jan Ter Beizen area B and in the July 1917 papers there is a list of Horse Standings and Wagon Lines for various Units (p 59/95). This shows 14 Corps Cavalry at E 18 d 5 0. I presume this is map 27 because any references for map 28 begin with 28. I had a look in the 1917 WD of 14 Corps A&QMG but could not find any confirmation other than 14 Corps cavalry were to become GHQ Troops from 10/07/1917 and 1/1 Lancashire Hussars were to move from 8 Corps to 14 Corps by 15/07/1917. It's possible that in July 1917 Spring Farm was used by cavalry troops. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Vandendriessche Posted 12 August , 2021 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2021 Thank you, What did the cavalry troops do? Did they have a particular job during WW1? Greetings Arne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 13 August , 2021 Share Posted 13 August , 2021 Looks like a small camp at Spring farm, 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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