Bapaume Post Military Cemetery.
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WWI poem and video - I'll be back. by Barry Thomas.
I wrote this poem after a visit to military cemeteries in the Albert/Bapaume area on the Somme in France. I returned to one of the many British cemeteries a year later and recorded this short, simple video.
Ecoivres Mititary Cemetery
The graves of the mostly British and Canadian soldiers are in chronological order: the graves of the men of the 46th North Midland Division who relieved the French in March 1916 are followed by those of the 25th Division who fell in the German attack at the foot of Vimy Ridge in May 1916; next come the men of the 47th London Division who died between July and October 1916 and finally the graves of the Canadians who lost their lives in the successful assault on Vimy Ridge in April 1917. (Ecoivres Military Cemetery - Mont-Saint-Eloi)
Robert's Grave on the Somme.mov
Robert Mattewson's grave at Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, Albert. Somme, France. He was killed on the 1 Jul 1916 in the batlle of the Somme.
I arranged the first song 'Blaydon Races' in GarageBand and Band-ina-Box. I set it as an Irish jig because he was in the Tyneside Irish batt. of the Northumberland Fusiliers. The film covers the ground where he was killed I have also included some footage of Thiepval - close to Moo-Cow where a lot of Australians died for a 100yds of land.
The 2nd song I wrote (It's the last Summer, is in memory of Robert and Meggy, his wife, nmy grandmother. He left four children ages 4 to 8. This too was arranged in GarageBand and Band-in-a-Box
Cimetière militaire de Bapaume à Albert (post) (80
Bapaume est une commune française située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais , elle fait partie de l'arrondissement d'Arras. Bapaume est en 1916 l'une des villes considérées comme objectif stratégique des alliés pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, dans le cadre de bataille de la Somme. Bapaume est occupé par les Allemands dès le 26 septembre 1914, puis par les Britanniques le 17 mars 1917. Le 24 mars 1918, les Allemands reprennent la ville. La division de Nouvelle-Zélande va reconquérir la ville le 29 août 1918.
Albert fut l'enjeu de terribles combats pendant la mondiale. Du 25 au 29 septembre 1914, lors de la Bataille d'Albert, dans le cadre de la mer; durant l'année 1915, la ville fut l'objet de nombreux tirs d'artillerie qui la détruisirent presque totalement, le clocher de la basilique fut touché et la Vierge dorée resta penchée au-dessus du vide. Pendant la Bataille de la Somme en 1916, du 1er juillet au 18 novembre; pendant la Bataille du Kaiser au printemps 1918, la ville en ruines fut occupée par les troupes allemandes; en 1918, le général Douglas Haig lança une contre-offensive à Albert, le 21 août. L’attaque principale fut lancée par la 3e armée britannique, à laquelle fut adjoint le 2e Corps des États-Unis. Albert tomba le 22 août.
Ce cimetière est ainsi appelé parce qu’il était situé là ou se trouvait un poste militaire importantet sur la route ente Bapaume et Albert il fut utilisé entre juin 1916 à janvier 1917 pour les inhumations des soldats qui sont tombés sur la ligne de front. Il passa entre les mains allemandes en 1918 et il fut de nouveau réutilisé pour enterrer les tombes des champs de batailles alentour.
Il contient les tombes de 327 soldats britanniques ,64 canadiens, 18 australiens et un sud africain.
World War One Cemetary at Warlincourt near Arras, France
I visited the cemetary in Northern France to find the grave of my grandmother's brother.
The sequence of photos is posted so that family members unable to make the journey can in some way share the experience.
100 Anniversary of WW1 Somme PT:3 Tank Corps Memorial - Australian Memorial
This place on the Somme battlefield was selected as the place for the memorial because it was near this location that tanks first went into action with the British Army as a new, surprise weapon against the German Army in the First World War. A few miles south of this memorial tanks were used at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th - 22nd September 1916).
An interesting feature of the memorial is the boundary “fence” around the obelisk. In the application to build the memorial the fence was suggested as a way of keeping cattle away from the plinth of the memorial. The boundary fence consists of ten upright 6 pounder tank gun barrels with tank driving chains mounted across them.
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Australian Memorial - The Windmill – Pozières.
From 27th September 1914 the German Army arrived in Bapaume and fought the French Army down the main road towards Albert during the next few days. Blocking the way to Albert, the French managed to hold off the advance of the 26th and 28th Reserve Divisions in this area. The German Army stopped its further advance a few kilometres south of Pozières on the main road at the village of La Boisselle. With the high ground at Pozières securely behind its forward line the German Army here had magnificent views of the countryside for 360 degrees.
During 1915 and into early 1916 the German divisions in this sector of the Somme battlefield constructed a fortified Front Line between the villages of Gommecourt, Beaumont-Hamel, Thiepval, La Boisselle, Fricourt, and Mametz to Curlu on the Somme river. An Intermediate Position consisting of barbed wire defences and strongpoints was constructed behind the Front Line, and behind that a Second Position was built up. This Second Position comprised a series of strongpoints and observation points on good sites of high ground.
The windmill on this high ground was used from September 1914 as a German field artillery observation post and command post. The views were magnificent to the front and rear of this position. The site was built up as a strongpoint just to the north of the fortified village of Pozières.
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The Western Front 100 years on (1) - Albert, La Boiselle, Pozières, Fricourt, Mametz
Visit to the Somme, February 2019
Albert, La Boiselle, Pozières, Fricourt, Mametz
Bapaume Post Cemetery
Lochnagar Crater
Ovillers Cemetery
Pozières Memorial
Pozières Cemetery
1st Australian Division Memorial
KRRC Memorial
Peake Wood Cemetery
Fricourt German Cemetery
38th (Welsh) Division Memorial - The Red Dragon
Flatiron Copse Cemetery
Devonshire Cemetery
Gordon Cemetery
Carnoy Cemetery
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Second Battle of Bapaume
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The Second Battle of Bapaume was a battle of the First World War that took place at Bapaume in France, from 21 August to 3 September 1918.It was a continuation of the Battle of Albert and is also referred to as the second phase of that battle.The British and Dominion attack was part of what was later known as the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive.The Second Battle of Bapaume was carried out over a period of two weeks and involved the divisions of IV Corps; the British 5th, 37th, 42nd, and the 63rd Divisions along with the New Zealand Division.
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Last Post at Pozieres Somme
couple of years old, uploading for a pal in Ostralia, its at the military cemetery at Pozieres,along the Albert to Bapaume Rd, The traffic outside is none stop, but with its walls all the way round, it makes it a tranquil place,with its own micro climate,camera quality ain't the best and it was a windy day, i was behind the remembrance stone, and before cross of sacrifice,enjoy, i'm ex royal navy ,a ganges boy, now 67, with false teeth so please don't be too critical,still sound off for our local church, and any vets funerals that i'm asked
Their Names Cut Deep & Clear! (1932)
Full title reads: Thiepval. Their names cut deep & clear! The Prince of Wales unveils the last of the British War Memorials, containing names of over 73,000 who fell on the Somme and 'have no known grave'.
Thiepval, (Belgium ?).
M/S the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) speaking from a podium. He is making a speech in French about the opening of the war memorial.
Tilt up and down the large memorial. C/U plaque on the memorial which reads Bapaume. Shot of veterans gathered at ceremony. C/U plaque which reads Aux Armees Francaise et Britannique L'Empire Britannique Reconnaissant. The Prince's speech carries on under these shots. He is speaking about World War One.
Pan across veterans with their medals and civic dignitaries. C/U plaque on memorial which reads Miraumont. Quick shot of veterans holding flags. C/U plaque which reads Somme 1916. M/S of the Prince (in army uniform) speaking. Closer shot of the Prince, now speaking in English.
Bagpipers play on the steps of the monument as flags are lowered by the men holding them.
Tilt down the memorial, which has a Union Jack flag and French tricolour hanging from it. Another shot of the three pipers accompanied by the skirl of their lament.
Shot of war cemetery with lots of cross shaped grave stones. Three buglers play on the steps of the monument. Pan across series of war graves. More shots of the buglers.
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The Tank Memorial, Pozieres
A walk round the First World War tank memorial at Pozieres.
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Visite à la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth
Visite à la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth à Beaurains en France.
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Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt
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The Butte de Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound off the Albert–Bapaume road, north-east of Le Sars in the Somme département of northern France.It is located on the territory of the commune of Warlencourt-Eaucourt and slightly north of a minor road to Gueudecourt and Eaucourt l'Abbaye.The Germans constructed deep dugouts throughout the Butte and surrounded it by several belts of barbed wire, making it a formidable defensive position in advance of Gallwitz Riegel .After the Battle of Flers–Courcelette the view from the Butte dominated the new British front line and was used by the Germans for artillery observation.
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Mémorial Australien de Pozieres (80)
Emplacement : Pozières, Picardie-Pas-de-Calais. Pozières est un village situé à 6 km au nord-est de la ville d’Albert, sur la D929 allant à Bapaume. Le Mémorial de la Première Division australienne se trouve au bord de la D929 à Pozières.
Pozières est le lieu du premier engagement d'envergure des troupes australiennes dans la bataille de la Somme. À quelques pas de Notre-Dame de Bonsecours, le mémorial australien est un hommage à la première division. À quelques kilomètres de là, le mémorial de Thiepval.
Après la guerre, la Première Division construisit son propre mémorial officiel, un obélisque, à l’extrémité ouest de Pozières. Sur son côté est, on lit sur une plaque de bronze la liste officielle des batailles de la Division, dont la première est « Pozières », l’emplacement choisi pour ce monument. Un document historique de la Division nous explique les raisons de ce choix : En tant que théâtre de la première grande opération entreprise par la 1ère Division en France, à cause de son importance stratégique dans la bataille de la Somme en 1916, de l’intensité des combats et du courage démontré par les deux armées pour gagner et conserver le contrôle de ce village, Pozières resta gravé dans la mémoire des hommes de la 1ère Division australienne. C’est pourquoi il fut unanimement choisi pour y ériger le mémorial des morts à la guerre de cette Division.
Mémorial de la 1ère Division australienne, 623/4, AWM 27
Belgique : Cimetière militaire de lijssenthoek
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, le village de Lijssenthoek était situé sur la principale voie de communication entre les bases militaires alliées de l'arrière et les champs de bataille d'Ypres. Situé près du front, mais hors de la portée maximale de l'artillerie de campagne allemande, c'était un endroit naturel pour établir des postes d'évacuation sanitaire. Le cimetière a d'abord été utilisé par le 15e Hôpital d'évacuation français, puis, en juin 1915, par les postes d'évacuation sanitaire des forces du Commonwealth. D'avril à août 1918, les postes d'évacuation sanitaire ont dû reculer devant la progression allemande, et des ambulances de campagne (dont une ambulance française) ont pris leur place. Le cimetière accueille 9 901 sépultures de soldats du Commonwealth de la Première Guerre mondiale, dont 24 ne sont pas identifiées. Il y a 883 sépultures de soldats d'autres nationalités, des Français et des Allemands surtout, dont 11 ne sont pas identifiées. Une des sépultures n'est liée à aucune des deux guerres mondiales. Les seules sépultures de regroupement sont les 24 qui ont été ajoutées au lot XXXI en 1920, qui venaient de postes isolés près de Poperinge, et les 17 ayant été ajoutées au lot XXXII, et qui ont été transférées du cimetière de l'église St. Denijs en 1981. Huit des pierres tombales sont des monuments commémoratifs spéciaux qui rendent hommage à des hommes qu'on sait être enterrés dans ce cimetière; elles sont regroupées à côté du lot 32, près de la Pierre du Souvenir. Le cimetière, dessiné par Sir Reginald Blomfield, est le deuxième plus important cimetière du Commonwealth en Belgique.
Le cimetière Lijssenthoek est le plus grand cimetière-hôpital au monde. Des forçats chinois, des Français, Américains, prisonniers allemands, une infirmière anglaise, soldats du Commonwealth y sont enterrés sous 10 779 pierres tombales uniformes. lijssenthoek.be/fr
Ce cimetière contient les tombes de 7367 britanniques ,1058 canadiens, 1131 australiens ,291 néo-zélandais, 29 sud africains, 21 indiens, 658 français, 3 américains, 223 allemands et 3 inconnus et environ 30 tombes chinoises.
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