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Poperinghe Collection

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: Map of France and Belgium, evacuation from Dunkirk, WW2

Map of France and Belgium, evacuation from Dunkirk, WW2
Map of the northern French and Belgian coast, showing the evacuation from Dunkirk and other points, and the evacuation triangle through which the Allied army retreated

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, Belgium

The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, Belgium
Talbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: View of Poperinge, Belgium, WW1

View of Poperinge, Belgium, WW1
View of Poperinge (Poperinghe), West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War, taken from the church tower. The smoke is coming from a motor tractor. Date: February 1915

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: The Dumbells - 3rd Canadian Division Concert Party

The Dumbells - 3rd Canadian Division Concert Party
Programme for The Dumbells - Third Canadian Division Concert Party - entitled Battle of Somme-Area (concerning the journey from Poperinghe to the Somme) and Kit Inspection with commentary

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: French ambulance wagon near Poperinghe

French ambulance wagon near Poperinghe.. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: Killed by German Bombs dropped in Poperinghe, Dec 1915

Killed by German Bombs dropped in Poperinghe, Dec 1915
Killed by German Bombs dropped in Poperinghe, Dec. 1915. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: What was once a villa - Poperinghe

What was once a villa - Poperinghe. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: Poperinge, Belgium - Saint Bertin Church

Poperinge, Belgium - Saint Bertin Church (Sint-Bertinuskerk) Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: Disguised pill box

Disguised pill box
Concrete pill box near Poperinghe camouflaged as a ruined cottage on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in August 1918

Background imagePoperinghe Collection: Going on leave

Going on leave
British troops gathering in Poperinghe, Belgium to go on leave from the Western Front on 30th September 1917. Many are waving their leave papers


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