2016 Collection (page 2)

The Kleine Berta Mortar, Boezinge
This Little Bertha mortar (named after Bertha, Gustav Krupps wife), sits on the top of an ivy-covered blockhouse in the centre of the village

Ypres battlefields Entry Point North, Klein Zwaanhof
The Ypres battlefield has been divided into three areas, each with walking and cycling routes, and each featuring a particular aspect of the land

Memorial board for Harry Patch, the last British veteran
The board stood alongside Harrys memorial beside the Steenbeek stream. Both were damaged by motor vehicles and have since been moved. Harry paid for the memorial himself. Date: 2016

German cemetery Langemarck mass grave
The majority of the over 44, 000 bodies buried here are from the fighting during the First Battle of Ypres that began on 18 October 1914

Tribute to Harry Patch, Carrefour, Langemarck
This was done by Moorslede artist Philip Cardoen and is part of a series of 60 pictures planned to form The Western Front Painting Tour. Date: 2016

Menin Road South CWGC Cemetery
The cemetery was used by the 85ths Staffs, 9th East Surreys and Field Ambulances from January 1916 to 1918. It contains UK, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand

Mourning figures German War Cemetery Langemarck
In various renovations over the years these figures have been moved from place to place in the cemetery. Now they stand at the top end of the mass grave. They were sculpted by Professor Emil Krieger

German gas attack 22 April 1915 Memorial
This is to the French 87th Territorial Infantry Division and is on the wall of Langemarck Town Hall. Date: 2016

Typical Commonwealth War Grave CWGC signs, Potijze
The typical, ubiquitous CWGC green signs with white lettering, point to Potijze Chateau Grounds, Potijze Chateau Lawn and Potijze Chateau Wood Cemeteries. Date: 2016

Kiwanis Model of the Menin Gate - Menin Gate Ramparts
The model is remarkably life-like and is Dedicated to the Relatives of the Soldiers who stood here from 1914-1918. Kiwanis International is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit

Detail, Queen Victoria Rifles Memorial, Hill 60
The plaque details how the Queen Victoria Rifles Memorial had been destroyed in 1940 by the Germans and was rebuilt using some of the original stone

Queen Victorias Rifles Memorial, Hill 60
This is in an enclosed walking area which includes craters.The memorial was destroyed by the Germans in 1940 and later restored. Many veterans had their ashes scattered here. Date: 2016

Ypres battlefields Entry Point South, Palingbeek
Three Entry Points (North, East and South) to walking tours covering many points of interest in the Salient were created for the 100th Anniversaries, each with an unmanned Information Centre

2nd Worcesters Memorial, Geluveld Mill
This commemorates the famous battle of 31 October 1914 when the Worcesters, together with the 1st South Wales Borderers, stopped a German attack that was close to breaking through to Ypres

Two shot French Resistance Members Memorial, Hill 60
Pierre Marchant and Lucien Olivier were shot on 2nd September 1944. The memorial is beside the bridge over the railway. Date: 2016

Canadian 15th Battalion 48th Highlanders, 3rd Bde Memorial
This commemorates the Battle of Mount Sorrel, Observatory Ridge, and has a bas relief map of the action of 2 June 1916. It was unveiled on 22 October 2011. Date: 2016

A bunker at the northern corner of Shrewsbury Forest
The forest was named by the 2nd Kings Shropshire Light Infantry in March 1915. It had been taken by the Germans in October 1914 but they were driven out on the 31st. Date: 2016

Australian 5th Division Memorial detail, Polygon Wood
The memorial itself stands on top of the old rifle buttes used for musketry training before 1870. Polygon Wood is now replanted, the original one having a trotting course inside. Date: 2016

Buttes New CWGC Cemetery, New Zealand Memorial
The cemetery lies on an area which was a pre-war drill ground. It contains 1, 317 UK burials, 564 Australian, 50 Canadian, 167 New Zealand, and 1, 703 Unknown, plus 35 Special Memorials

Flemish Soldiers Memorial Crypt, Zonnbeke
The crypt is in the local cemetery. There was considersable acrimony between the French speaking population and those who spoke Flemish

Plaque to Canadian Artillery D21 Battery, Zonnebeke
The plaque is on the outside wall of the re-built church. The battery was stationed in Zonnebeke during Third Ypres, October-November 1917

Piper L-4H Grasshopper F-BFQV (msn 12052), company designation J3C-65D. Built as L-4H 44-79756 17 January 1947: OO-GAZ, cancelled 17 September 1948 18 September 1948: re-registered OO-GAS

Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 reconnaissance fighter
Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 German float-equipped two-seat reconnaissance fighter. It first flew in January 1917. Seen here is serial no. 2016, an early production example

Rowton House Vase
A vase specially made for the Camden Rowton House, one of the establishments set up in London in the 1890s as cheap but well-appointed hostels for working men

Rowton House Mug
A mug specially made for one of the Rowton Houses set up in London in the 1890s as cheap but well-appointed hostels for working men. Date: 2016

Girls on a Doorstep / 2016
Two girls chatting and playing on a doorstep

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