Dawson Posted 10 November , 2003 Share Posted 10 November , 2003 Hi. Just read on teletext that the remains of five British soldiers have been found in Ypres. They were found in a trench,that was unearthed during building work on a new motorway. All were in uniform, one possibly being from the norththumberland fusiliers. God bless them all. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 10 November , 2003 Share Posted 10 November , 2003 7 bodies were found (6 British and 1 French) while excavating some parts of the planned motorway tracé to see if there could be found anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Lines Posted 10 November , 2003 Share Posted 10 November , 2003 Just seen it on the ITV news. Most likey it will be repeated again tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 10 November , 2003 Share Posted 10 November , 2003 Just to complete the information... In the past three months our (amateur) team found remains of 7 soldiers at Boezinge. (5 German, 2 British (Rifle Brigade). But this was not in the news. Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lesley Posted 10 November , 2003 Share Posted 10 November , 2003 It is always good news when fallen soldiers, whatever their nationality are found and will eventually be laid to rest. Had this recent find occured at a time other than close to remembrance time would it still have had the same amount of coverage on the news? I think not. Take heart Aurel the work you and your team do is appreciated by those who matter and long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 10 November , 2003 Share Posted 10 November , 2003 (...) Had this recent find occured at a time other than close to remembrance time would it still have had the same amount of coverage on the news? I think not. Thanks, Lesley ! And as to your question : very relevant. And your answer : very correct ! Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabiansson Posted 11 November , 2003 Share Posted 11 November , 2003 One must also consider that the archaeological field season is over for this year and that it is therefore time to report, whether the findings were made last week or months ago. The archaeologists' choice of date to publish their results in a press release etc. is not particularly strange. The main archaeological field season is over, and the days before 11 November is naturally a well chosen date to publish it. I would have chosen it myself. And Aurel's exhibition November 2000 was also set perfectly in time for 11 November - and news coverage it certainly got plenty of! ;-) The other perfect time to publish results is in the beginning of summer (for example Point du Jour, June 2001), so the tourists re-route their trips to the community in question, which will benifit from it, which in turn will benifit the archaeologists' boss... Naturally the media focus can backfire, but hopefuelly it will result in more interest and acceptance of WW1 archaeology, which in turn will give more power to those archaeologists (and other cultural heritage authorities) who are interested in preserving and investigating WW1 remains. /Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 11 November , 2003 Share Posted 11 November , 2003 The "Daily Telegraph" today reports the possible identification of one of the men found. He is believed to be William Storey 5th Northumberland Fusiliers who died on 26.10.17 and is commemorated at Tyne Cot. An other ranks 5th Territorial N.F shoulder title is the source of the identification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 12 November , 2003 Share Posted 12 November , 2003 The archaeologists that were working on Pilckem Ridge will only finish their report in January, the minister will decide over partial protection in March next year according to the newspapers here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabiansson Posted 12 November , 2003 Share Posted 12 November , 2003 The final archaeological report will take time to finish (January is a very tough deadline). What we have heard/seen now is naturally from some kind of preliminary archaeological field report. Such reports are common. Dewilde told me about this planned press release some week ago. Now newspapers all over the world, from China and Tasmania to Canada, have published positive articles about WW1 archaeology. I think it is great! This will certainly not discourage archaeological authorities in Belgium and France from prioritising WW1 remains in the future! /Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckman Posted 14 November , 2003 Share Posted 14 November , 2003 A few months ago, a grave containing the remains of five Australians killed in April 1918 was found near Meteren (not far from Ypres). Does anyone know if this was from the same roadworks? If so, maybe this bypass isn't the worst thing in the world. (Although the fact that it goes through such "well watered" country makes it a near run thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 14 November , 2003 Share Posted 14 November , 2003 A few months ago, a grave containing the remains of five Australians killed in April 1918 was found near Meteren (not far from Ypres). Does anyone know if this was from the same roadworks? Same roadworks ? No certainly not. Meteren (near Bailleul, France) is 22 km (14 miles) south west of the Ypres and the (planned) extension of the motorway, which would take a northwest course away from it. Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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