Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France
The Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery in Fromelles, northern France is the final resting place for over 200 soldiers recently discovered buried in mass graves just outside the village.
The bodies were discovered following historical research that included analysis of aerial photographs showing the presence of mass graves on the edge of Pheasant Wood (Bois Faisan), just outside the village of Fromelles. The presence of the bodies was confirmed in May 2008, and the bodies were recovered during excavation work in 2009. A specially convened Identification Board published a report on 17 March 2010 announcing the first 75 bodies to have been successfully identified using DNA analysis. Further identification will continue until at least 2014. Wikipedia entry
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery – Official dedication
This video is an extract from the DVD: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery – Official Dedication Ceremony and Burial of the Last Unknown Soldier 19 July 2010, produced by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and provided by the Australian Army.
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
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Fromelles Military Cemetery is a First World War cemetery built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the outskirts of Fromelles in northern France, near the Belgian border.Constructed between 2009 and 2010, it was the first new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery for more than 50 years, the last such cemeteries having been built after the Second World War.The cemetery contains the graves of 250 British and Australian soldiers who died on 19 July 1916 in the Battle of Fromelles.The bodies were discovered following historical research that included analysis of aerial photographs showing the presence of mass graves on the edge of Pheasant Wood , just outside the village of Fromelles.
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Fromelles reburials begin
On the 30th of January 2010, the first of 250 British and Australian soldiers was reburied at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
Fromelles Cemetery opens
On 19 July 2010, exactly 94 years after the Battle of Fromelles, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery opened.
Thousands of people attended this very special event, including hundreds of relatives of those soldiers who died during the battle.
FROMELLES: TNT AT OPENING OF NEW WAR CEMETERY IN FRANCE
In July 2010 the Prince of Wales attended the dedication ceremony of a new Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Fromelles in northern France.
Thousands of British and Australian soldiers were killed in a nearby battle in 1916 and many were dumped in huge mass graves by the German forces.
Lembis Englezos, an Australian schoolteacher discovered the existence of the graves and, eventually, persuaded the authorities that the graves should be exhumed and wherever possible the bodies should be identified and given individual headstones in the new cemetery.
In July 2010 his ambition was achieved when the Prince of Wales attended the dedication service at Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.
This programmes features the ceremony, tells the story of the Battle of Fromelles and interviews and fellow Aussie Tim Whitford, whose relative was the first to be identified from the mass graves.
WW1 Fromelles - Pheasant Wood - Buried Soldiers - Stuart Curry
Fromelles, Pheasant Wood, April 2008. This was the day they began to find the Lost Soldiers of Fromelles. Very symbolic with the white cows walking along the old German light railway track that brought the soldiers in to be burried after the Battle of Fromelles 19/20th July 1916. The remains of 250 Australian and British soldiers were found. Almost 100 Australian soldiers have been named and more will be identified in the future. When this was filmed I had no idea where they were buried but had a good feeling something was going to happen. Lambis Englezos and Tim Whitford drove past that day and I am sure it was the same day for the first part of the dig to commence.
For more information go to my website CURRYWW1.COM
Help find the Photos and Identify WW1 Diggers from the Great War.
Fromelles excavation report, July 2009
The excavation of several mass graves at Fromelles in northern France is progressing well. In this video report, Ranald Leask from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is overseeing the project, reveals what discoveries have so far been made.
Pheasant Wood Cemetery
A short video made in April 2012 at the site of the Fromelles mass burials, and at the new Pheasant Wood Cemetery.
Pheasant Wood - Fromelles
September 2004 footage of the location of burial pits believed to contain 170 Australian soldiers in a mass grave. An archealogical dig commenced on 25 May 2008 to confirm the presence of the diggers.
Australia Remembers - Fromelles: Pheasant Wood
Australia will honour the service and sacrifice of our First World War soldiers at the centenary commemorations for the battles of Fromelles and Pozières.
The Battle of Fromelles (19 July, 1916) was the first major engagement by Australian soldiers on the Western Front where the Australian 5th Division suffered 5,533 casualties in just 24 hours — Australia’s bloodiest single day in military history.
Almost 300,000 Australians served on the Western Front, where 47,000 lost their lives and more than one-third of those have no known grave.
A commemorative service on Tuesday (19 July) at the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery marks the start of a series of 100-year anniversaries of battles involving Australians on the Western Front.
This will include a Headstone Dedication for six soldiers whose remains were identified by the Australian Army’s Unrecovered War Casualties Fromelles project team.
FROMELLES 24 09 2014
The video centres on the Section Euro class from Notre Dame College, La Bassee in the North of France. The following areas are highlighted; Neuve Chapelle Memorial; Fromelles Museum & Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery; The Cobbers Statue; VC Corner and Trou Aid Post Cemetery. Also included are selected clips from the 19/7/14 ceremony at Pheasant Wood. Thank you to a group of very special friends from France whose dedication in guiding the youth maintains the spirit and memories of the fallen from WW1. They are Chantal Maille who is in charge of the Section Euro class at Notre Dame; her husband Philippe whose work you see in the video and Pierre Seillier, a local war historian whose vast knowledge and expertise has been valued by many (plus he is a Frenchman who loves vegemite).
Fromelles Commemorative Service and Headstone Dedication Pheasant Wood 19 July 2016
Fromelles - Commemorative Service and headstone dedication - Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery - 19 July 2016
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Exhumation des corps de 400 soldats Britanniques et Australiens à Fromelles (59)
Le Ministre Australien des Anciens Combattants à Fromelles.
Extrait du JT télévisé de France 3 Nord-Pas-de-Calais du samedi 25 Avril 2009
Fromelles: An Interactive Documentary
Trailer for the Fromelles: An Interactive Documentary for iPad
Fromelles bookview
Preview of Patrick Lindsay's book, Fromelles, the story of the WWI battle of 19 July 1916, the darkest day in Australia's history, when almost 2000 men died and 3500 were wounded, missing or taken prisoner. The book tells of the battle through the eyes of the soldiers who took part in it and reveals the remarkable detective story which saw 250 missing soldiers from the battle recently discovered in a mass German grave after 94 years.
LAST POST at Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) 20-07-2012 CWGC 9 identified Australian soldiers
LAST POST at Fromelles 20-07-2012 CWGC 9 identified Australian soldiers
(the most important 5min for these guys from this ceremony)
Life is fragile and too weak to temptation, but elevated the art to capture her as an eternal blooming flower. I throw myself down in this war of romance, because tomorrow the Huns will bury our bodies alongside Pheasant Wood. It probably will take ninety years before we will be found, we get into insignificance by the terrible shadow of the Somme. Aubers Ridge will devour us, as I was for my imperfect blossom. Fortunately, a man can not die twice. Simon
Fromelles
A reflection on the Battle of Fromelles 19-20 July 1916.
The Australians have a close association with Fromelles, as this is one of the sites where they lost heavily during the Great War. The Australian 5th Division, along with the 61st British (South Midland) Division, attacked here on July the 19th, 1916. At this time, the main Somme battles were raging around 40 miles to the south of Fromelles, and the intention was to make a feint here to prevent the Germans from bringing reinforcements to the Somme. Originally an artillery barrage only was planned, but then an infantry assualt was also agreed. The Australian attack here was their first serious battle in France, and the only one in which they achieved no success.
The background music is courtesy of the Band of Brothers soundtrack.
The Missing Soldiers of Fromelles with Lambis Englezos
Noted historian Lambis Englezos speaks to The Nepean Historical society about the soldiers who went missing at Fromelles in July 1916, and the journey to find some of them.
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A look at the excavation of WWI mass graves in the village of Fromelles, Northern France