billyturnip
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Just seen this on the news, take a look.
http://www.thesomme19240.co.uk/
http://www.thesomme19240.co.uk/
The Somme 2016
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megroot
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saw that movie several times, and I always have to sit back when I see the men falling at the top of the trench.
What a disaster. And the constructor off all this has a statue.?????????????????
Marc
What a disaster. And the constructor off all this has a statue.?????????????????
Marc
So very, very sad all those young lives gone in a moment of madness. My grandfather Joshua Burton was captured on the first day of the Somme he was one of the lucky ones. he spent the rest of the war in a camp. he always said that he lost so Meany friends he never forgot. My avatar Photo is of my Grandfather Joshua who I still remember sitting on his knee as a very small boy and him telling me stories of the great war which have stayed with me all my life and I have past the stories on to my children so his memory and that of granddad porter still live on. the kids are very proud of their granddads and i'm sure their children will do the same. below is a little bit of info on both my granddads.
He volunteered in August 1914 along with his friends and was shipped out early in 1915 he took part in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle , Arras and meany other engagements. he served in the 3rd Batt West Yorkshire Reg specialist military qualification Bomber ( all this was taken from his service info) he got the following medals 1914-15 Star, General service and Victory Medals. he was demoded in 1919. when he went off he left behind a wife and 4 small children one was on the way as he left and he did not see till his return home in 1919.
My other Grandfather Arthur Porter served in the 9th Batt west Yorkshire Reg he was wounded on the 27th June 1918 and was shipped home after serving for 3 years in the trenches. again he was a volunteer and again fought in some major battles ( I 'm still looking into his service) He was a newly wed so his marriage was put on hold till his return.
People forget what was left behind when they went off to war some never to return. people today don't know how lucky they are and what our families had to go though back then. GOD BLESS THEM.
Ian
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He volunteered in August 1914 along with his friends and was shipped out early in 1915 he took part in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle , Arras and meany other engagements. he served in the 3rd Batt West Yorkshire Reg specialist military qualification Bomber ( all this was taken from his service info) he got the following medals 1914-15 Star, General service and Victory Medals. he was demoded in 1919. when he went off he left behind a wife and 4 small children one was on the way as he left and he did not see till his return home in 1919.
My other Grandfather Arthur Porter served in the 9th Batt west Yorkshire Reg he was wounded on the 27th June 1918 and was shipped home after serving for 3 years in the trenches. again he was a volunteer and again fought in some major battles ( I 'm still looking into his service) He was a newly wed so his marriage was put on hold till his return.
People forget what was left behind when they went off to war some never to return. people today don't know how lucky they are and what our families had to go though back then. GOD BLESS THEM.
Ian
www.elliesminiatures.com
No matter how many times I see the footage it really does hit home just how brave these men were and how nothing is achieved by war ..except heroes and widows.
My grandfather was just 16 in 1914 lying about his age when he joined , serving at the Somme , badly wounded ...he was lucky he came back ...despite my best constant questions he never , ever spoke about it ...a quiet and unassuming man ...when he died we found his medals together with a MID citation ..he never told anyone not even his wife .
He went on to serve in the Wiltshire Home Guard as RSM in WW2 and even then was very annoyed he could not serve in the Regulars.
We owe them and all our armed forces EVERYTHING
God bless them
Nap
My grandfather was just 16 in 1914 lying about his age when he joined , serving at the Somme , badly wounded ...he was lucky he came back ...despite my best constant questions he never , ever spoke about it ...a quiet and unassuming man ...when he died we found his medals together with a MID citation ..he never told anyone not even his wife .
He went on to serve in the Wiltshire Home Guard as RSM in WW2 and even then was very annoyed he could not serve in the Regulars.
We owe them and all our armed forces EVERYTHING
God bless them
Nap
Hi Nap yes very brave men indeed. my granddad Joshua said he told us the stories so we would learn that war is a road that none of us should ever have to face. he never glorified it and always remember him crying when the memories got too much. then he would give us all a kiss and a cuddle and say remember. and we have till this day.
he went on to serve as an Air raid warden and was based at Temple Newsem House in Leeds which he had some funny stories about. and granddad Porter served in the home guard.
They were all very brave men indeed God Bless them.
Ian
www.elliesminiatures.com
he went on to serve as an Air raid warden and was based at Temple Newsem House in Leeds which he had some funny stories about. and granddad Porter served in the home guard.
They were all very brave men indeed God Bless them.
Ian
www.elliesminiatures.com
Yes lucky men indeed,my grandfather and his brother were not so lucky both died on the first day as part of the 36th Ulster Division all volunteers.My grandfathers battalion the 13th Irish Rifles (lucky him) along with the 11th battalion were tasked with taking St Pierre Devion (something like the ant hill in the film Paths of Glory) and were so badly hit both battalions had to be amalgemated Poor John his brother was never found and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial He was in the 1st Royal Inneskilling Fusiliers and it seems they were ahead of their time and walked into their own barrage.My Grandfather left a young wife and 3 young children one of which was my mother God bless them all we should never forget them
George
George
peedee
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I was invited on a trip, along with Housecarl to the Somme two years ago last September and we stayed at Hardecourt farm in the southern sector.
this was a hugely moving experience for me. The fsrm is almost a museum in it's own right to the events and has a memorial stone for the West Lancs Div in the complex.
My own Regimental association was represented right there without me knowing and It was almost too much to find this, I was on the verge of tears on the spot.
As a child I had gone to rememberence day parades with the survivors who had stood fought and lost their closest friends right on that spot. It was powerful emotional stuff, I could sre their faces and 'hear' them remeniscing all over again.
The following day we were taken to see Lochnagar crater and I discovered I was standing on the very ground were my Grandfather went over the top with the Suffolks alongside the Tyneside Scottish, he was wounded but survived.
The third incident thay shook me up happened after we came home. There was an analasys of these scraps of film to decipher whst the lads were saying and triangulate the film locations. It transpired that Carl and I had been standing on the exact places that 2 of the most famous clips were filmed from, one being the Lancashire Fusiliers sitting in the sunken road before their fatal assault on Beaumont Hamel.
the second was 25 yards to the South west were the mine explosion was filmed.
I would recomend to anyone going to the battlefields, take a notepad as well as your camera. It is so moving that you will have to note down what you see to make sense of the photos at home.
It was truly a humbling experience that ensures that what these men went through must never be forgotten.
We will remember them.....all
Thank you for posting this Roger.
Paul
this was a hugely moving experience for me. The fsrm is almost a museum in it's own right to the events and has a memorial stone for the West Lancs Div in the complex.
My own Regimental association was represented right there without me knowing and It was almost too much to find this, I was on the verge of tears on the spot.
As a child I had gone to rememberence day parades with the survivors who had stood fought and lost their closest friends right on that spot. It was powerful emotional stuff, I could sre their faces and 'hear' them remeniscing all over again.
The following day we were taken to see Lochnagar crater and I discovered I was standing on the very ground were my Grandfather went over the top with the Suffolks alongside the Tyneside Scottish, he was wounded but survived.
The third incident thay shook me up happened after we came home. There was an analasys of these scraps of film to decipher whst the lads were saying and triangulate the film locations. It transpired that Carl and I had been standing on the exact places that 2 of the most famous clips were filmed from, one being the Lancashire Fusiliers sitting in the sunken road before their fatal assault on Beaumont Hamel.
the second was 25 yards to the South west were the mine explosion was filmed.
I would recomend to anyone going to the battlefields, take a notepad as well as your camera. It is so moving that you will have to note down what you see to make sense of the photos at home.
It was truly a humbling experience that ensures that what these men went through must never be forgotten.
We will remember them.....all
Thank you for posting this Roger.
Paul
peedee
A Fixture
Pete.
I was so impressed with the Ulster divisional memorial nr Thiepval. It is a beautiful monument.
I was so impressed with the Ulster divisional memorial nr Thiepval. It is a beautiful monument.
Colin_Fraser
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Looks like a worthwhile project. I never had any interest in the Somme or WWI until I found my great uncle's last letter home describing July 1. Now I am fascinated. My Uncle was in A Coy, 19th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers (3rd Salford Pals). He was part of one of the few successful attacks on the day, being one of about 40 Salfords to actually get into the Leipzig Redoubt just in front of Thiepval. A mixed force of 15th HLI, 1st Dorset, 11th Border (Lonsdales), 2nd Manchester, and 3rd Salfords got into the German trenches and hung on. Two and a half companies of 3rd Salford went over the top and sustained about 85% casualties.
My uncle survived to write his letter (which is now one of my most prized posessions) before falling in night fighting at Ovillers la Boiselle on July 12/13, aged 19.
I have something in mind from a modelling perspective to remember him and the battle this year.
This documentary is rather good, focusing on the 2nd Salfords just north of Thiepval.
But my fave documentary is this almost lyrical one narrated by Leo McKern and based on Middlebrook's grounbreaking book.
My uncle survived to write his letter (which is now one of my most prized posessions) before falling in night fighting at Ovillers la Boiselle on July 12/13, aged 19.
I have something in mind from a modelling perspective to remember him and the battle this year.
This documentary is rather good, focusing on the 2nd Salfords just north of Thiepval.
But my fave documentary is this almost lyrical one narrated by Leo McKern and based on Middlebrook's grounbreaking book.
