Trenches

[Conor Dodd]

Could anyone tell me where the following trenches were as far as I know they were all in the same location :

Palz Trench

Weimar Trench

Potsdam Trench

[CROONAERT]

Could anyone tell me where the following trenches were as far as I know they were all in the same location :

Palz Trench

Weimar Trench

Potsdam Trench

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There is a Potsdam Trench that ran parallel with Frankfurt and Munich Trenches approx 1km ENE of the centre of Beaumont Hamel village ((Trench)Map Ref: 57D SE ,square Q6a 6:3 and running south for approx 400m).

Is this the area you were thinking of?

Dave.

[Conor Dodd]

I amn't sure this relates to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers War diary of late March/early Febuary 1917. There is a small sketch of the Trench and it appears that there was Potsdam trench in front with Palz and Weimar behind.

[CROONAERT]

I amn't sure this relates to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers War diary of late March/early Febuary 1917. There is a small sketch of the Trench and it appears that there was Potsdam trench in front with Palz and Weimar behind.

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Here's the one near B.H.

Have you any idea of the rough whereabouts of the one you're after. (Quite a few trenches have their names duplicated in different parts of the Western front - see "Yorkshire Trench" on this map ?, "Bayernwald" is a few miles to the south also).

If you can let me know roughly where to look, I'll see what I can find.

Dave.

[Landsturm]

There was a "Potsdam Trench" in Verdun... it was located west from Fort Douaumont (based on a map from 22 May 1916).

[Jack Sheldon]

Conor

Are you sure that one of them was Palz? Pfalz would seem to be more probable as a name.

Jack