Tom Kilkenny Posted 30 May , 2023 Share Posted 30 May , 2023 Yes, super pictures. Makes me want to get back there soon. Good comment about the elevations in the area. It's only walking that gives you any appreciation at all of how difficult it must have been to have to advance/attack uphill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 May , 2023 Share Posted 30 May , 2023 Vincent, is the wide shot that is number three just before the two of the caribou on the last set part of Y Ravine at the Newfoundland Park? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentg Posted 30 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 30 May , 2023 (edited) Hi Pete. Thats Hawthorne Ridge Crater. A bigger panorama of the area: https://ibb.co/R6z8Jqq Edited 30 May , 2023 by vincentg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 31 May , 2023 Share Posted 31 May , 2023 Thanks for that, it's another interesting angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 31 May , 2023 Admin Share Posted 31 May , 2023 Would the mystery out of shot cemetery be Ten Tree Alley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentg Posted 1 June , 2023 Author Share Posted 1 June , 2023 14 hours ago, Michelle Young said: Would the mystery out of shot cemetery be Ten Tree Alley? No, it's on the other side of Beamont-Hamel. But it's a rather difficult one I think, no recognizable landmarks and it's taken along a dirtroad where not a lot of people pass through I suppose. There are actually two cemeteries close to eachother. "The cemetery, which is named from a communication trench, was begun at the outset of the Battle of the Somme in 1916." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick M Posted 1 June , 2023 Share Posted 1 June , 2023 Lovely pics, the Newfoundland site is my personal favourite I find it a great example to easily picture what that first day meant. Regards The shell with the firing bands anyone, if it is intact and clearly fired does that indicate unitiated HE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentg Posted 1 June , 2023 Author Share Posted 1 June , 2023 (edited) About the shells. Only thing i know: the whole bullet with casing is French. The first one is a british stokes mortar. Second one a 60 pounder and the last one is a 60 pounder with poison gas (according to my uncle who's familiar with WW1 ammo). Edited 1 June , 2023 by vincentg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickaren Posted 1 June , 2023 Share Posted 1 June , 2023 10 hours ago, vincentg said: No, it's on the other side of Beamont-Hamel. But it's a rather difficult one I think, no recognizable landmarks and it's taken along a dirtroad where not a lot of people pass through I suppose. There are actually two cemeteries close to eachother. "The cemetery, which is named from a communication trench, was begun at the outset of the Battle of the Somme in 1916." Knightsbridge and Mesnil Ridge? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentg Posted 6 June , 2023 Author Share Posted 6 June , 2023 On 01/06/2023 at 19:06, dickaren said: Knightsbridge and Mesnil Ridge? Richard Correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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