Patrick

#WW1Battlefield guide & researcher, former paratrooper & instructor

[WW1 On This Day @WW1IEPER1917]

Pack mules going up over captured German ground. Near Wytschaete, 10 June 1917. IWM (Q 5488)

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Aerial view of the ruins of Zonnebeke Church. IWM Q 12282

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

@DerekCraig10 I’m sorry Derek but I did see a mail, can you send it again, make sure you use [email protected] (not 2explore), many thanks

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

@DerekCraig10 Thx Derek, please send me these pictures, would be something if we would be able to identify the other soldier is on that picture, little chance I’m afraid. I have also found your Great Grandfather’s service record, mail to : [email protected]

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

@DerekCraig10 I would like to know more, thank you very much !

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

@DerekCraig10 The picture is officially listed in the IWM catalogue (Imperial War Museum) as IWMQ6053 ‘Irish Guards taking a rest between carrying duckboards, near Langemark, 10 October 1917’ picture by photographer Lt John Warvick Brooke

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

@DerekCraig10 Can you mail me - [email protected] - the pictures of your Great Grandfather and tell me a bit more about him , do you have an idea who he was with , …probably solders from the same Bn - 85th Novia Scotia Highlanders

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

@DerekCraig10 Hi Derek, sorry for my late reply, it has been a while I opened X, thank you for telling me this, that is amazing, that is something I was wondering for a long time , the picture is of course well known , (I own the the rights to the colorized version of this picture)

[Flanders Fields @FlandersWW1]

📷 - Ammunition limber crossing a trestle bridge over the Yser Canal, north of Ypres. 3 August 1917. © IWM Q 5860

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Views of the battlefield after the third Battle of Ypres, 1917. A soldier look across devastated country near Ypres showing a derelict Mark IV Tank, shell-splintered trees and general battle detritus, 15 February 1918. IWM Q 10711

[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

British soldiers referred to Foncquevillers as 'Funky Villas' during the war – one of several humorous anglicised names for French and Belgian towns, some others including 'Wipers' (Ypres) and 'Eat Apples' (Etaples).

Learn more Tommy slang terms: https://t.co/0YFTu3Axex <2/2>

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

📍 Ninth Avenue Cemetery, France.

In the background, the imposing slag-heaps of the Pas-de-Calais.

[This day in WWI @ThisDayInWWI]

New-York Tribune #OTD Jan 29 1915 publish this photo of a staged German infantry attack, captured by Albert K. Dawson. Part of a film clip shown here:
https://t.co/vlef39bUY3 https://t.co/5bfwpeVEPM

[Simon Verdegem @SimonVerdegem]

Under the asphalt, it once again became evident that the preservation of the artefacts was exceptional. During the inventory next week, we'll share updates with photos of the cleaned pieces. Here are a few items that emerged from the ground looking almost new

#FWW #Archaeology

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

Farmers ploughing again, there is the Iron Harvest ! #Passchendaele #Ypres #Flanders #WW1 #FlandersFields #UXO

[This day in WWI @ThisDayInWWI]

Jun 18 1919 #OTD President Wilson and his entourage visit the ruins of the iconic Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium. The arch at the start shows the Ruins of eastern entrance to Cathedral of St. Martin
NAID: 24745 & Local ID: 111-H-1242 https://t.co/aDMEFKNhAf https://t.co/9FXiYU2Fce

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

In honour of Private Ernest William Plowman, DCM
Langemark, 14 Aug 1917,
After his N.C.O had fallen, ´Erny’ took over command and manned the Lewis gun himself. From a shell-hole, while suffering from gas, he opened up fire and was able to drive the enemy back. Lest we forget !

[Patrick @2XploreTours]

‘The epitaph’ : poignant words from families to their loved ones
When the CWGC began its work to locate and rebury the war dead from WW1, the next of kin were offered the possibility to add a personal inscription to the headstones, limited to 66 stone-engraved characters