DingleRoad Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 My Grandfather fought as a young Officer in the KOYLI from 1915 onwards. Shortly after the war his sisters and parents went to visit the Western Front. Here are some old photos they had taken when they were out in France, obviously my grandfather had'nt any desire to join them ! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW16.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW15.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW14.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW13.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW12.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...Germanlines.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Excellent photos; really liked this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Thanks for posting the photos - it's good to get a different perspective on the surroundings. You must be very pleased to have these in your possession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Superb, thanks for sharing. Like the one by the dug out where he is holding a shell case. As always - a time-machine, a time-machine, my Kingdom for a time-machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleRoad Posted 7 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Superb, thanks for sharing. Like the one by the dug out where he is holding a shell case. As always - a time-machine, a time-machine, my Kingdom for a time-machine... Not noticed that shell case before, thanks ! Somewhere I have some hand written combat reports and a few maps. I will see if they can be scanned and then posted on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Thanks for sharing! Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefogs Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 DINGLE ROAD fantastic photos, what a time to find photographs like these. Just observing the photographs and pausing for one moment and thinking these photos were taken in peace time, the utter devistation, and the quality of the prints themselves speek volumes.... thanks for sharing them with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleRoad Posted 7 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Glad they were of interest, it's better they are out in the public domain rather than in my loft ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Hi, First foto is taken at Knokke (Belgian Coast), Battery Wilhelm II. ( 4 x 305 mm) The concrete bunker shown is the former German officer's mess, shortly after the war it housed local families. Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Dingle - I'll pop that one up here, can anyone make out the sign above the entrance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 It's a number then 'F Coy' - I suspect Field Company (Royal Engineers), the unit that constructed it. I wonder if this is the bunker that is just off the link road, just off Hell Fire Corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjab612 Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Dingle - I'll pop that one up here, can anyone make out the sign above the entrance? Can't make it all out but looks like ?? P. Co. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleRoad Posted 7 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Can't make it all out but looks like ?? P. Co. Peter I'll examine the original and see if I can make it out. Meanwhile here's one more http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/WW11.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 7 November , 2007 Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Interesting, that's most probably Menin Road South Cemetery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleRoad Posted 7 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2007 Can't make it all out but looks like ?? P. Co. Peter The original looks something like 9... B, Coy but I might be wrong. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/untitled.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastermindmichel Posted 8 November , 2007 Share Posted 8 November , 2007 (...) Shortly after the war his sisters and parents went to visit the Western Front. (...) Superb photographs, DingleRoad! Thank you very much for sharing them. Can you be more specific about the date these pictures were taken, please? How short is 'shortly after the war'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleRoad Posted 8 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 8 November , 2007 Superb photographs, DingleRoad! Thank you very much for sharing them. Can you be more specific about the date these pictures were taken, please? How short is 'shortly after the war'? They started their tour in Brugges and went on to visit the front in 1919. I have some more just scanned, which include a German submarine, two of Wilhelm II battery in Knocke and two slightly faded ones of Ypres (one being the Cloth Hall in Ypres). There is also one of Capt. Friat's ship in Zeebrugge....does that ring any bells ? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0006.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0005.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0004.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0003.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ad/inst0007.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ieuport0002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ieuport0001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ieuport0001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...ieuport0002.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 8 November , 2007 Share Posted 8 November , 2007 Brilliant, just wanted to add my thanks for these very interesting photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 8 November , 2007 Share Posted 8 November , 2007 The ones I could open were brilliant, thank you! Mick D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 8 November , 2007 Share Posted 8 November , 2007 Thanks for sharing the nice pics, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMill Posted 9 November , 2007 Share Posted 9 November , 2007 Very interesting pics - thanks for sharing them with us. I've always been fascinated about the immediate post-war period and just how on earth the poor people of the area managed when they were allowed to return home. An earlier thread suggested a couple of books, one was the new Passchendaele collection of essays - edited by Peter Liddle I think, but I could be wrong. The second was Aftermath, again the author's name escapes me, but that was very interesting about how France had great swathes of land that weren't touched until after WW2. Apologies for high-jacking the thread, Dingleroad. I'll have to start one of my own when I'm not at work. VicMill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 9 November , 2007 Share Posted 9 November , 2007 There is also one of Capt. Friat's ship in Zeebrugge....does that ring any bells ? Captain Charles Fryatt's ship, the SS Brussels, was used by the Germans as a depot ship at Zeebrugge and was scuttled just off the Mole during their withdrawal in 1918. The pic below was taken by a British naval officer shortly after the Allies re-took Zeebrugge. Does your photo resemble this, DingleRoad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bts1970 Posted 9 November , 2007 Share Posted 9 November , 2007 Many thanks for sharing these Bob Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 9 November , 2007 Share Posted 9 November , 2007 Really great to see these immediate post-war views. Imagine what it would have been like to endure it in the winter? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleRoad Posted 9 November , 2007 Author Share Posted 9 November , 2007 Captain Charles Fryatt's ship, the SS Brussels, was used by the Germans as a depot ship at Zeebrugge and was scuttled just off the Mole during their withdrawal in 1918. The pic below was taken by a British naval officer shortly after the Allies re-took Zeebrugge. Does your photo resemble this, DingleRoad? These are the three I have from Zeebrugge, one of which seems to be Fryatt's ship http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...d/Friat0001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...d/Friat0002.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/Din...d/Friat0003.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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