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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Category: Battlefield Vlog
Battlefield Vlog: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
In our final battlefield walk at Ypres around Bellewaarde Ridge, Hooge and Hill 62, we visit Sanctuary Wood British Cemetery, in the heart of the fighting in this sector in 1915/16. We discuss the story of Gilbert Talbot and look at the private memorial… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Sanctuary Wood Cemetery”
Battlefield Vlog: Canadians at Hill 62
In this latest Battlefield Vlog we walk along Maple Avenue, through Sanctuary Wood to the crest of Hill 62 where the men of the 3rd (Canadian) Division fought in the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. We see the Canadian Memorial on Hill… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Canadians at Hill 62”
Battlefield Vlog: Flamethrowers at Hooge
We walk the battlefields near Ypres, from Hooge on the Menin Road down to the site of Zouave Wood. Here on 30 July 1915 the Germans used flamethrowers against British troops for the first time, and we take a look at this devastating weapon… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Flamethrowers at Hooge”
Battlefield Vlog: Etaples Military Cemetery
In this latest Battlefield Vlog we visit Etaples Military Cemetery on the French coast in Northern France, where 11,000 burials make it the largest British and Commonwealth Cemetery in France. These were men who did not die on the battlefield, but in hospital behind… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Etaples Military Cemetery”
Battlefield Vlog: Hooge Crater Cemetery
In this third video where we walk the battlefields near Ypres in Flanders, we visit Hooge Crater Cemetery.. With over 6,000 graves, we look at the burial of the dead, the concentration of margraves after the conflict and what it meant to families to… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Hooge Crater Cemetery”
Battlefield Vlog: Bellewaerde Ridge
Continuing our walks at Ypres, we look at the story of Noel Chavasse VC & Bar and his time as medical officer with the Liverpool Scottish, and then visit the Bellewaarde mine craters from 1915-1917 that still scar this ridge more than a century… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Bellewaerde Ridge”
Battlefield Vlog: Railway Wood & RE Grave
In the second of our walks at Ypres we examine the fighting at Railway Wood on the Bellewaarde Ridge, looking at the battle here in 1915, static trench warfare and the war underground with British tunnellers who died beneath the battlefield and are commemorated… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Railway Wood & RE Grave”
Battlefield Vlog: Ypres – Private WW1 Memorials
In the first of some Battlefield Vlogs filmed at Ypres last year we walk the ground from the Frezenberg Ridge via Railway Wood to Hooge. In this first video we look at some private Great War memorials to missing soldiers who fell on the… Continue Reading “Battlefield Vlog: Ypres – Private WW1 Memorials”
Battlefields Vlog: Hawthorn Ridge 1916
In the first of our Old Front Line Battlefield Vlogs, we walk the Somme at Beaumont-Hamel and visit Hawthorn Ridge No 1 Cemetery and the story of Eric Heaton. More on Eric Heaton here: Somme 1916 Blog – Eric Heaton BATTLEFIELD MAP: RECOMMENDED READING:… Continue Reading “Battlefields Vlog: Hawthorn Ridge 1916”
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