Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
1:50 American Combat Memorial November 1968
5:00 Victoria Cross Captain Frederick William Campbell
6:20 Polish Grave
6:50 Portugese Grave
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery. Stones lie flat here and at Wimereux Communal Cemetery due to the unstable sandy soil.
WAR GRAVES - FRENCH COAST AND BELGIUM - NO SOUND - COLOUR
Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium - largest number of graves: Cross is built on the top of an old Pill Box. S.African/NZ/Canadian/ regiments etc., including headstone of a V.C. Various scenes at Dunkirk of War Graves Commission Cemetery. Man looking at visitors book. Polish headstone of members serving with the British forces. R.A.F. headstone. French Cemetery with ornate memorial. NOTE: THESE GRAVES ARE ALL WORLD WAR 1
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The CWGC Bailleul Communal Cemetery & Extension, Bailleul, France.
Apart from being a lovely setting, I've uploaded this old video because it was slightly unusual. The CWGC Bailleul Communal Cemetery & Extension had the quite unique (for me anyway) set up with German headstones located between Commonwealth ones. It is quite normal to find German headstones (and other Allied ones) in Connonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries but they are usually grouped together and on one side of the cemetery.
Places to see in ( Wimereux - France )
Places to see in ( Wimereux - France )
Wimereux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Wimereux is a coastal town situated some 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233 and the D940 roads, on the banks of the river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern boundary of the commune, the English Channel the western. Farming and tourism are its principal activities.
At Pointe-aux-Oies, dolmen can still be seen at a Stone Age prehistoric site. Vauban built a coastal fort at the mouth of the river Wimereux, the ruins showed at low-tide until the 1940s. Napoleon ordered a port to be built here between 1803 and 1804, taking its name from the river. In 1840, the future Napoleon III, first president (and last monarch) of France, landed at Pointe aux Oies. The territory of Wimereux originally belonged to the commune of Wimille, from which it separated on May 28, 1899. In the same year, the first radio link between France and England was established at Wimereux in March by Guglielmo Marconi
In the First World War, Boulogne and Wimereux formed an important hospital centre and until June 1918, the medical units used Wimereux communal cemetery for burials. Lady Hadfield set up and ran a Red Cross hospital here at her own expense for the treatment of wounded and sick servicemen. Wimereux was the headquarters of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps and In 1916, Solomon J Solomon set up a Royal Engineers establishment, the Special Works Park, in a disused feldspar factory. Here were developed new military camouflage techniques and equipment for the British Army.
Alot to see in ( Wimereux - France ) such as :
7The church of the Immaculate Conception, dating from the twentieth century.
The nineteenth century chapel of Notre-Dame.
The Villa ‘Les Mauriciens’
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
A golf course.
( Wimereux - France ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Wimereux . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Wimereux - France
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John McCrae
Luitenant-kolonel John Alexander McCrae (30 november 1872-28 januari 1918) was een Canadese dichter, arts, auteur, kunstenaar en soldaat tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog en chirurg tijdens de slag om Ieper.
Hij is vooral bekend door het schrijven van het beroemde oorlogsgedicht: In Flanders Fields. Op 28 januari 1918, op 45-jarige leeftijd, terwijl hij commandant was van drie Canadese veldhospitalen in Boulogne, stierf McCrae aan longontsteking. Hij werd begraven met vele onderscheidingen in de Commonwealth War Graves Commission deel van het Wimereux Cemetery, op slechts een paar kilometer van de kust van Boulogne. De medische hulppost van John McCrae kunt u vinden bij Essex Farm Cemetery, grondgebied Boezinge, nabij Ieper.
John McCrae In Flanders Fields Poem animation WW1
Heres is a virtual movie of John McCrae reading his famous WW1 poem In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields is one of the most famous poems written during World War I and has been called the most popular poem produced during that period It is written in the form of a French rondeau. Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote it on May 3, 1915 (see 1915 in poetry), after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, only 22 years old, the day before. The poem was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch.
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae (November 30, 1872 January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
McCrae was born in McCrae House in Guelph, Ontario, the grandson of Scottish immigrants. He attended the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and became a member of the Guelph militia regiment. The background of his family is military.
Though various legends have developed as to the inspiration for the poem, the most commonly held is that McCrae wrote 'In Flander's Fields' May 3rd 1915, the day after presiding over the funeral and burial of his friend, Lieutenant Alex Helmer who had been killed during the Second Battle of Ypres. The poem was written in as he sat upon the back of a medical field ambulance in the proximity of an advance dressing post at Essex Farm, just north of Ypres. The poppy, which was a central feature of the poem, grew in great numbers in the spoiled earth of the battlefields and cemeteries of Flanders. McCrae had later discarded the poem, but it was saved by a fellow officer and sent into Punch magazine, and published later that year.
McCrae died of pneumonia. He was buried with full honours [6] in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission section of Wimereux Cemetery, just a couple of kilometres up the coast from Boulogne. McCrae's horse, Bonfire, led the procession, his master's riding boots reversed in the stirrups. McCrae's gravestone is placed flat, as are all the others, because of the sandy soil.
A collection of his poetry, In Flanders Fields and Other Poems [7] (1918), was published after his death.
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Jim Clark
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In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In Flanders Fields By Lt. Col. John McCrae Poem animation
Here's a virtual movie of John McCrae reading his famous WW1 poem In Flanders Fields One of the most famous poems written during World War I and has been called the most popular poem produced during that period.This sound recording of this great poem which was made probably about 1942 for release on a 78 rpm record set is probably the earliest recorded recital.
The poem is written in the form of a French rondeau a form of French poetry with 15 lines written on two rhymes.
Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote it on May 3, 1915 (see 1915 in poetry), after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, only 22 years old, the day before. The poem was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch.
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae (November 30, 1872 January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
McCrae was born in McCrae House in Guelph, Ontario, the grandson of Scottish immigrants. He attended the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and became a member of the Guelph militia regiment. The background of his family is military.
Though various legends have developed as to the inspiration for the poem, the most commonly held is that McCrae wrote 'In Flander's Fields' May 3rd 1915, the day after presiding over the funeral and burial of his friend, Lieutenant Alex Helmer who had been killed during the Second Battle of Ypres. The poem was written in as he sat upon the back of a medical field ambulance in the proximity of an advance dressing post at Essex Farm, just north of Ypres. The poppy, which was a central feature of the poem, grew in great numbers in the spoiled earth of the battlefields and cemeteries of Flanders. McCrae had later discarded the poem, but it was saved by a fellow officer and sent into Punch magazine, and published later that year.
McCrae died of pneumonia. He was buried with full honours [6] in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission section of Wimereux Cemetery, just a couple of kilometres up the coast from Boulogne. McCrae's horse, Bonfire, led the procession, his master's riding boots reversed in the stirrups. McCrae's gravestone is placed flat, as are all the others, because of the sandy soil.
A collection of his poetry, In Flanders Fields and Other Poems [7] (1918), was published after his death.
Kind Regards
Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2008
In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
cimetiere militaire de Wimereux (62)
Wimereux est une petite ville située à environ 5 kilomètres au nord de Boulogne. Le cimetière est situé à l'arrière du cimetière communal. Wimereux, il était le siège du Corps du Queens Mary pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, et en 1919 il est devenu le quartier général de l'armée britannique. À partir d'octobre 1914, de Boulogne et de Wimereux formé un centre hospitalier important et jusqu'à Juin 1918, les unités médicales de Wimereux utilisé le cimetière communal pour les enterrements. Au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le Siège anglais était déplacé de Boulogne à Wimereux pour quelques jours en mai 1940, préalablement à l'évacuation de la Force expéditionnaire britannique de Dunkerque. Par la suite, Wimereux était aux mains des Allemands et le quartier général naval allemand était situé sur le côté nord de la ville. Après le jour J, que les forces alliées vers le nord, la ville a été bombardé de Cap Gris-Nez, et a été reprise par la 1ère armée canadienne, le 22 Septembre 1944. Wimereux cimetière communal contient 2.847, sépultures du Commonwealth de la Première Guerre mondiale, deux d'entre eux non identifié. Parmi eux est le lieutenant-colonel. John McCrae, auteur du poème «In Flanders Fields». Il ya aussi cinq Français et une parcelle de 170 sépultures de guerre allemandes. Le cimetière contient également 14 sépultures Deuxième Guerre mondiale, dont six non identifiés. La section du Commonwealth a été conçue par Charles Holden. Raison de la nature sablonneuse du sol, les pierres tombales posées à plat sur les tombes.
Détail: Royaume-Uni 2330, Canada 220, Australie 208, la Nouvelle-Zélande 79, Afrique du Sud 10, l'Allemagne 170 et 5 français.
War Cemeteries in Normandy, France
My visit to a few of the World War I and II cemeteries and monuments in Normandy, France
Opening Ceremony Colne Valley Cemetery
On 22 June 2016, after eight months of renovation, Colne Valley Cemetery reopened to the public by the CWGC. In attendance were several representatives, relatives but also one of the Peace Village groups, John's School. The pupils were asked to lay a rose at each headstone on the cemetery. Taking part in a ceremony like this provides especially young pupils a life long memory. It shows what a visit to the former battlefields is all about, remembrance...
LONGUENESSE - ST OMER - SOUVENIR CEMETERY France
Video of this CWGC Cemetery near St Omer.
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a tourist coast on the English Channel, and is the most-visited location in its region after the Lille conurbation. Boulogne is its department's second-largest city after Calais, and the 59th largest in France. It is also the country's largest fishing port, specialising in herring.
Boulogne was the major Roman port for trade and communication with Britain. After a period of Germanic presence following the collapse of the Empire, Boulogne was at the centre of an eponymous county of the Kingdom of France during the Middle Ages, and was occupied by the Kingdom of England numerous times due to conflict between the two nations.
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