Mark Hone Posted 12 January , 2008 Share Posted 12 January , 2008 I know that it is on private land but I have been to the top of Manchester Hill on a couple of visits in 1988 and 1998 (one of them with the WFA). Could anyone update me on the current state of accessibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 13 January , 2008 Share Posted 13 January , 2008 Mark, I know of the significance of the site, but where is Manchester Hill ? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 13 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2008 Just outside the city of St Quentin. It was captured in the advance to the Hindenburg Line in 1917 by a Manchesters' Battalion who named it, then defended by a different Manchesters' battalion on 21st March 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick D Posted 13 January , 2008 Share Posted 13 January , 2008 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n cherry Posted 21 January , 2008 Share Posted 21 January , 2008 The Manchester Regmient Museum produced a most useful booklet on Wilfirth Elstob (hope I've got that right) who in 1918 was the CO of the Btn on the hill and died on the hill winnnig a posthumous VC...worth seeing if you can get a copy.....I have one at home but can't think of the title.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 21 January , 2008 Share Posted 21 January , 2008 Title Wilfrith Elstob VC DSO MC Author: Robert Bonner ISBN 1-873907-08-7 If a copy is required I suggest and enquiry to the Museum of the Manchesters Manchester Regiment Museum The Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6DL Tel: 0161 342 2254 Fax: 0161 342 2869 Email: museum.manchesters@tameside.gov.uk Web: www.tameside.gov.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 22 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Thanks very much. I already have quite a bit of information about Elstob and the battle (notably Michael Stedman's excellent book on the Manchester Pals) and have visited the site before. I will try to track down a copy of the Elstob pamphlet. If anyone does visit the site, possibly for the anniversary, I would appreciate a 'heads up' on accessibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Mark - funny enough I was there today. There is now a fence up the wooded side of the quarry that runs from the road to the high ground of the hill, and there is no access at all to the field where the main body of the hill is. However, there is now a layby just east of the hill, with an excellent view of the ground. The GPS location of this layby is: 49°50.503'N, 3°13.868'E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Paul According to the location of the layby by Linesman see flag on St Quentin Trench Map 10-62BSW3-2A-030218. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Yes, that's it. I haven't downloaded my images yet, but there is a good view back to the Hill from there and also a good view to the former British front line and also St Quentin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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