David Ives

well at the minute ive found he took part in the amiens offensive and the closest ive got is queant which is 4.9 miles from the cemetary but if you can get the trench map 57c nw4 then will be able to pinpoint exactly where the 15th brigade were On 21 August, the British Third Army (Byng) to the north of Rawlinson and the First Army (Horne), even further north, joined in as the attack was renewed. The French Tenth and Third Armies also attacked again. In response to a significant advance by the British First Army, Ludendorff ordered a general withdrawal along the 55-mile front. He came under further pressure as the Anzacs advanced across the Somme on 30-31 August, taking Péronne and Mont St Quentin. Near Quéant, on the northern flank, the Canadian corps broke through on 2 September. In these unfavourable circumstances the Germans, who had suffered heavy losses, were forced, on 3 September, to retire to the Hindenburg Line, their starting point in the March offensive, bringing the whole operation to a close. By 10 September, the Allies had closed up to the new line. The Amiens salient had been eliminated in a major Allied victory that finally convinced Ludendorff of the need to end the war. Haig, who had used all his available reserves, was unable to exploit the British victory further. Source An Illustrated Companion to the First World War by Anthony Bruce

having delved a bit deeper his name is on the war memorial at thetford so having a guess he came from thetford

just had a look at cwgc.org and he is buried at red cross corner cemetery beugny row 11 b 20 the initals are jackson b i hope this helps Plot I of the cemetery (except Row K) was made between April 1917 and March 1918 by field ambulances and fighting units. When the cemetery fell into German hands in March 1918, they added the 25 Commonwealth burials that make up Row K (all from 21 March 1918) and began another cemetery alongside (Beugny Military Cemetery No. 3). Commonwealth forces retook the cemetery in September 1918 and added Plot II to the original burials. The German graves were removed after the Armistice, and the Commonwealth burials among them were transferred partly to Delsaux Farm Cemetery and partly to Favreuil British Cemetery. Red Cross Corner Cemetery now contains 219 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 12 of the burials are unidentified and one casualty whose grave was destroyed by shell fire in 1918 is commemorated by a special memorial. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw. Beugny is a village 5 kilometres north-east of Bapaume on the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road. Red Cross Corner Cemetery is on the west side of the village to the south side of the N30. CWGC signs on the N30 indicate the Cemetery Wheelchair access with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221

yep leave it as it is will look fine on a flag and is easily recognised :computerterror:

tony what is the chance of getting a few sets of mod maps of the plains copied from a local printer as have tried to get one from around here but the o/s maps are not detailed about the ranges willing to pay of course :schocked:so can get one laminated and routes drawn in wipe it pens :police: looking forward to visit and skittles championship this year :whistle:will have a cup made up by local trophy maker for first place

plains visit meeting great members ringmer driving through mud but showing others it can be done gunpowder mills first proper show for 109

where are you barry so we can work out who is the nearest for you :-D tentage can supply spare tent and bag and camo net

gs and ffr landy's have convoy lights(square backs) cl versions didnt have convoy lights (triangle corners) if it had a six way switch then convoy lights

auther gordon stevens isbn 978-0-09-190182-0 cost 6.99 available at wh smiths

as my lad was in hospital i needed a book to read so went to the smiths on site and came across this book the originals by gordon stevens the secret history of the birth of the sas :roll: it is about the start of the sas by most of the surviors of ww2 it starts very weird as told by the origanal members of the sas in their own words then goes through the war years up to disbandment and what happened to all the original recruicts a very intersting read took me 2 days but very intersting 8-)

thanks for that the reason i asked was near me we have a canadian mk1 armoured car near us that was destroyed for film work and i wondered if it was the same

what is the vehicle 3rd from last

its a landy as when introduced in another thread said he had bought one that needs repairs :whistle: leave it as it is but get a set of 24 vlt bulbs for the caravan

well if off duty next weekend and want to rougth it :whistle:we can arrange transport from haywards heath train station to the show on fri pm returning sun eve stretcher supplied own bivi bag needed under 9x9 tent on rear of rmp 109 calvados/southern comfort/buds supplied or bring own supplies pm me if intersted

welcome to our forum if you want to meet up with a couple of us in a couple of weeks there will be a show at the south east showground at ardingly near the m23 towards brighton hope you enjoy your stay in this country

if for fumeigating could it be for a delousing shed for uniforms drove in on a narrow gauge truck and then pulled out clean to be returned to the squaddies still alive

one other thing to do is remember to tell the local rmp that we will be there as im sure they would pop over to view the vehicles :whistle: sorry tony was ill the other week but i am looking forward to next may dave

hopefully i would be able to attend after the plains trip

well the one i tend to play most is 'the boys are back in town' as i pull on to the shows :whistle:

ok so how do we set up a air strike again :evil:

can someone please tell me where i am :whistle:

glad to see that your back behind the wheel again :-Dand it looks good :roll:but will it cope with the plains again :whistle:

next year i think we will have to have teams to make it even for the lads who havn't played before and also find someone to volunteer to set up the skittles with a crash helmet :whistle:and get supplied with booze as danger money

what a waste of primetime tv :evil: the programe just showed the nazi side of w&p what it didnt show was the fellowship that owning a vehicle gives and only concentrated on the germans ss types it didnt show who won most of the battles thougth :whistle: i wouldnt have gone to the stalls that just sold ss items as not interstered in that era but the men selling concentration camp items and nazi propagander should have been told to leave as w&p is supposed to be non political :whistle:in my view sorry if this offends but its my view

remberance day is for me a day to remember all old members of the forces serving and no longer around :cry: i will always stand in line in my beret along side older members from the same corps to remember a friend who went out instead of me and did not come back and when older the younger members will then stand with me i will always remember those who have died in various conflicts and will wear my poppy with pride