Ieper CWGC Cemeteries, Belgium
This is a small sample of the video clips showing views of the CWGC Cemeteries around Ieper (Ypres), Belgium taken from the Video History Today database.
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, near Poperinge, Belgium
Video of the Lijssenthoek Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery near Poperinge. CWGC says
During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces.
From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places.
The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 24 being unidentified. There are 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German, 11 of these are unidentified. There is 1 Non World War burial here.
The only concentration burials were 24 added to Plot XXXI in 1920 from isolated positions near Poperinghe and 17 added to Plot XXXII from St. Denijs Churchyard in 1981.
Eight of the headstones are Special Memorials to men known to be buried in this cemetery, these are located together alongside Plot 32 near the Stone of Remembrance.
The cemetery, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium.
Mendinghem Cemetery
We made our first stop at Mendinghem Cemetery near Poperinge, Belgium. Our tour took us across France and Belgium to see the historic World War 1 and 2 battlefields as we paid our respects on the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings at the Normandy beaches.
Bleuet Farm Commonwealth Military Cemetery
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This film show Bleuet Farm Cemetery which is north west of Ieper near the village of Elverdinge. You can find it by taking the N8 road from Ieper in the direction of Veurne.
Bleuet Farm was used as a dressing station during 1917 Allied offensive on this front. The cemetery was begun in a corner of the farm and was in use from June to December 1917, though a few of the burials are of later date. Two graves were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice from isolated positions close by.
There are now 442 First World War burials in the cemetery and nine from the Second World War, all dating from the Allied retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Lijssenthoek Cemetery Poperinge
Een korte impressie van de militaire begraafplaats (WO1) Lijssenthoek Cemetery van de Common Wealth, nabij Poperinge.
Cement House Cemetery, Boesinghe, Ypres. Reburial 6 unknown soldiers
On October, 30th, 2003, 6 unknown British soldiers, found by the Diggers at Boesinge (near Ypres) were buried in the British Cement House Cemetery at Langemark (near Ypres). For each of them we laid down three white roses (for Emilie, son Tommie and me) on each grave.
A moving moment
Passchendaele Ypres Railway Dugouts Cemetery March 2017
Another film of our Battlefields Tour around Ypres and surrounding area in March 2017. Hope you enjoy the film.
Poperinge Military Cemetery
Visit to Pvt Marmaduke Huitson grave
Ieper y Lijssenthoek
4/ 08/ 2012 Día familiar. Visita al cementerio de Lijssenthoek y tarde en Ieper. Estuvimos en un museo de la IGM pero
Este vídeo, casero, sirve para rememorar ese sábado durante mis vacaciones en Bélgica, no tiene otra cosa jiji.
De todos modos, espero que os guste =)
La música que he utilizado es:
1 - Unfaithful - Rihanna
2 - Us - Regina Spektor
(Ambas instrumentales)
P.D.- En este vídeo le toca ser el reportero a mi primo haha, digamos que yo andaba algo escasa de palabras (como se puede ver en alguna parte del vídeo ^^)
A visit to Lijssenthoek War Cemetery, Belgium
A short documentary video about the war cemetery at Lijssenthoek in Belgium, the sound quality is not very good as it was windy.
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commonwealth war graves commission
In the first of our Video News features, Commission gardeners lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, as a mark of respect to all those who died during the two world wars and to commemorate the CWGC's 90th anniversary.
Zonnebeke (B), Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Ar Drone 2.0 @ Zonnebeke (B), Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Wereldoorlog I in beeld
World War I in pictures by jurgenmarechal.nl
Een Wereldoorlog I - Een beeld selectie
Der Erste Weltkrieg - in Bilder - jurgenmarechal.nl