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Margaret 6600 Bastogne, bois de la paix, wood of Peace , Belguim,

Posted in American Army, Belgium, bois de la paix, Margaret 6600 Bastogne, Second World War, second world war memorial, wood of Peace with tags American Army, Bastogne, Belgium, bois de la paix, History, M4 Sherman, Margaret 6600 Bastogne, Medium tank, Second World War, second world war memorial, Tank, United States, Weapons and Equipment, wood of Peace, World War II on August 28, 2011 by jakeofwinterhill

This is the village we are staying in , its called Magaret near Bastogne,

http://www.paysdebastogne.be/en/discoveries/battle-of-the-bulge/hades_visite_fiche/the-village-of-mageret-during-the-battle-of-the-ardennes/e_1750
http://www.bastogne.be/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_Lehr_Division
http://www.final-round.com/resources/index.php?pageid=101
http://www.bastogne.be/commune/ville-villages/villages/mageret/

Team Cherry at Mageret
While the main force is under pressure in Longvilly forward elements of Team Cherry engage Mageret to reopen the road to Bastogne. But the road leading into the village is soon blocked by the wrecks of a destroyed Sherman tank and two half tracks (the Sherman was heading the column and shot down by a German PAK that had just been set up). At about 1500 a small patrol consisting of 18 infantrymen, two medium tanks and a 105mm. assault gun are sent out against the village, moving cross country north of the road. Although one of the Sherman tanks gets stuck in the bad terrain, draws fire and has to return to the column, the rest of the patrol is able to move on. They enter the northeast part of the village but although they can make out some German tanks and infantry they are in no strength to engage the enemy.

Another group of 40 men accompanied by a section of medium tanks is sent against the southern part of Mageret but as the tanks have difficulties with the rough terrain south of the road no real progress is made. The infantry consists of stragglers from Longvilly and is reluctant to move without the accompanying tanks.

The scattered remains of Team Cherry manage to conquer three houses at the northeastern edge of Mageret where they are stuck. Suffering more and more losses to the German attackers, they are finally (at 0030, 20th December) released to withdraw towards Bizory. Under the covering fire of the paratroopers they manage to make their way to Foy and finally to Bastogne.

taken from http://www.final-round.com/resources/index.php?pageid=101

Barn as part of the building , people lived on one side of the house

This is the front of the same house ,

This is a Sherman tank turret ,

the back of the turret

http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/page135.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Sherman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease_Sherman_tanks

the church had to be rebuilt after the battle

can you see the old tractors ?

old school building

one of the buidings shows battle scars ?

looking at old bullet holes

this shows another old

This is where we are staying

http://www.a-gites.com/annonce-22805.html

It is full of wood and lots of interesting old objects

This is the view from my room !

Leo’s Cot

Leo was very tired after his trip !

we walked to the peace woods,

taken from
http://images.opt.be/images/elto/30243_30243boisdelapaix.gif

The Wood of Peace is laid out to recreate the UNICEF emblem: a mother and child, symbol of human tenderness. This design is only visible from the air

http://www.opt.be/informations/tourist_attractions_bastogne__bois_de_la_paix__wood_of_peace_/en/V/30243.html

http://www.visitbelgium.com/?page=mustbas

http://paysdebastogne.be/en/Discoveries/battle-of-the-bulge/hades_visite_fiche/the-wood-of-peace/e_1702

http://www.igougo.com/journal-j13706-Bastogne-Bastogne-And_a_Time_to_Remember.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=877952&site_id=1#import

The 4,000 trees making up this wood were planted for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. They were dedicated to the American veterans who fought in the Ardennes, Belgian combatants and all the civilians and military who died in the winter of 1944-45. Every veteran who returned to Bastogne in 1994 chose a tree, which will always bear his name. The Wood of Peace is laid out to recreate the UNICEF emblem: a mother and child, symbol of human tenderness. This design is only visible from the air. The trees on the site are mostly service trees, birches, beech trees and oaks.

these are some of the people whose names are next to the trees

some of the divisions who are commemorated in this wood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division
http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/resources/csi/mitchell/mitchell.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Bastogne
http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/page135.html

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

some of the civilian groups involved

note from dad :apologies to people we missed but there are over 4000 trees and a lot of name plates,

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101st Airborne memorial , Ligne 163,Bois des Corbeaux,Bizory

Posted in 101st Airborne memorial, Bizory, Bois des Corbeaux, Ligne 163, second world war memorial with tags 101st Airborne memorial, Bizory, Bois des Corbeaux, Ligne 163, second world war memorial on August 28, 2011 by jakeofwinterhill

http://cheminsdurail.ligne54.be/163LibramontStVith.html

http://amisdurailhalanzy.be/bastogne/

http://www.rail.lu/lignesbe/163.html

http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/ardennen/bas1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division
http://www.101airborneww2.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastogne
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=101+airborne+bastogne&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=699&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uCVhTp2ZCIuhOrWQlJUE&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQsAQ
http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/101stairborne/
http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/resources/csi/mitchell/mitchell.asp
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/42679138
http://chrishowells.co.uk/?page_id=341

start of the walk

some of the markers we found

old bridge

the railway is very straight but uphill slightly

along the forest track

http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1AVSW_enGB374GB377&q=second+world+war+foxholes+bastogne&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=666

we found some old war war 2 foxholes near a old bridge

you can just make out the shape

these were two uniform to be natural and they had some small shell holes near them as well !

like a secret forest path

back down to the start

can you see the sunflowers ?

old station building

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Wemeldinge,Zeeland, dyke, war memorial and sea shells

Posted in second world war memorial, Wemeldinge, Zeeland with tags second world war memorial, Wemeldinge, Wiki, Zeeland on August 21, 2011 by jakeofwinterhill

This is the word for Glass -its a recycling bin

me on the wall that keeps the sea out – it is called a dyke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlands
http://www.eh-resources.org/floods.html
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/149881
http://www.zeeweringen.nl/english/

me mummy,Leo and Evie on top of the wall of a cycle track

we needed sun hats and cream as it was very warm at 27c

i watched some barges carry rocks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge
http://www.portofantwerp.com/portal/page/portal/POA_EN/Focus%20op%20de%20haven/Mainport%20in%20het%20hart%20van%20Europa/Binnenvaart
http://www.containerafvaarten.be/

I am talking to Evie , can you see the sailing boats ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
http://www.jellyfishfacts.net/
the beach and sea had a lot of these !

the harbor entry

can you see the two windmills ?
http://www.windmillworld.com/europe/netherlands.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill
http://www.holland.com/global/Tourism/Article/Dutch-Windmills.htm

an old house

this was scary and the biggest sunflower !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

can you see the rounded windows ?

pretty shutters

http://www.ww2museums.com/article/1913/Memorial-civillian-casualties-Wemeldinge.htm
The monument consists of two sides described.

On the left part reads:
“THAT WE NOT FORGOTTEN
WE REMEMBRANCE.”

On the right part are the names of 24 war victims:
Marinus Jacob Noussen * 26-02-1914 † 18-07-1940 Rotterdam
Licia Cijsouw * 07-06-1920 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Licia Cijsouw * 01-09-1936 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Jan Cijsouw * 11-02-1919 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Maria Pieternella Cijsouw * 20-12-1906 † 01-08-1942 wemeldinge
Peter Cijsouw * 30-07-191 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Pieternella Cijsouw * 01-10-1937 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Licia de Fouw * 12-03-1882 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Willem Kooman * 23-09-1856 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Cornelia Adriana Sonke * 05-07-1921 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Sara Sonke * 13-07-1878 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Pieter Marinus Glas * 25-09-1918 † 02-05-1943 Alkmaar
Marinus Traas * 21-10-1911 † 17-10-1944 Tuddem (D)
Pieternella Feellus * 15-05-1860 † 28-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Marinus Noussen * 25-09-1888 † 28-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Dirk Kromhout * 20-09-1887 † 29-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Daniël Pieterse * 17-05-1902 † 29-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Jan Paauwe * 13-11-1877 † 01-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Sander Bison * 12-06-1894 † 06-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Cornelia Leijs * 01-10-1894 † 06-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Steven van de Guchte * 08-09-1937 † 10-11-1944 Goes
Jacobus Adriaan Zuijddijk * 03-11-1908 † 12-11-1944 Neuengamme (D)
Cornelis de Jonge * 25-07-1924 † 13-12-1944 Aheinfelden (Zw)

Jan Jacobus Vermaire * 02-05-1925 † 07-05-1949 Kawali/Tjiamis (Java)

sailing boat

me and my mum on the dyke

me on the beach and evie on the Dyke and a sailing boat

on the way back

some links for the area

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wemeldinge

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wemeldinge?uselang=nl#mw-subcategories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland

http://www.zeeland.nl/index?lng=en

http://www.zeeland.nl/

http://wikitravel.org/en/Zeeland

http://www.map-of-netherlands.co.uk/map-of-zeeland.htm

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Zeeland,&hl=en&rlz=1C1AVSW_enGB374GB377&biw=1280&bih=709&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IVpRTs76OsufOr-P-MIC&ved=0CH0QsAQ

up the Dyke wall

on the dyke wall

we are collecting shells

can you see the jellyfish ?

I had to be careful as it was slippy!!!!

Evie feeding some sheep

me stroking the lambs

Evie arranged the seashells and things we collected from the dyke

sunset -it was beautiful

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Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Westvleteren , West-Vlaanderen Belgium -John Thomas McQue’s resting place

Posted in Belgium, first world war, John Thomas McQue, Memorials, Passchendale, Second World War, second world war memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Westvleteren with tags Belgium, England, first world war, Granddads, Grandparent, History, John Thomas McQue, Memorials, Menin Gate, Passchendale, Second World War, second world war memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Westvleteren, World War I, Ypres on April 23, 2011 by jakeofwinterhill

this is about the visit to Great ,Great Granddads memorial

we laid poppy’s in November in England

http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/11/remembrance-sunday-memorial-walk-lead.html

Me walking with Mum ,Evie and Leo towards the Memorial ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission
http://en.db-city.com/Belgium/Flanders/West_Flanders/Poperinge
http://www.toerismepoperinge.be/nl/pagina/1211-1220-1256-1477/dozinghem-mc.html?PHPSESSID=94b31967d1b8f973420a72df71ae533d
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypres-salient-cemeteries.htm
http://www.warmemorials.org/
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/
http://www.bcmh.org.uk/index.php

Helan Fairchild was a nurse in the first world war who died but is buried elsewhere, she served in clearing stations near the Cemetery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Fairchild
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Ypres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

The gate posts -this one has the first world war date on it

http://gianni.smugmug.com/Various/WWI-cemeteries-in-Ypres-1/9368134_X8y4Y#1172208532_cFJSM

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=151896

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2604734

http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/dozinghemmilitarycemetery.htm

http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15300&mode=1

http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/dozinghem.htm

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ypres-salient-cemeteries.htm

http://www.cwgc.org/CWGCImgs/Dozinghem%20Military%20Cemetery.JPG

This one has the second world war date on it

a book that contains all the details for the Cemetery

towards the front of the cemetery

This is my Great ,Great Granddads gravestone

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=12519318

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=153284

http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/cemetery_plans/dozinghem.JPG

Grave/Memorial Reference:	XV. F. 14.

http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=15300&mode=1

image above taken from the ww1cemeteries.com web site

Me and Evie

A Chinese grave

A person whose name is not known

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Graves_Photographic_Project

http://www.wargravesheritage.org.uk/

http://www.twgpp.org/

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/

http://www.skphotoscom.co.uk/gallery_325719.html

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Remembrance Sunday Memorial Walk – Lead Mines Clough , Anglezarke,Chorley,Lancashire

Posted in Anglezarke, Belgium, Chorley, Dozingham, first world war, Lancashire, Lead mines clough, Memorials, Merchant Navy, Old mines, Passchendale, second world war memorial, U Boat- U123 with tags Anglezarke, Belgium, Chorley, Dozingham, first world war, Lancashire, Lead mines clough, Memorials, Merchant Navy, Old mines, Passchendale, second world war memorial, U Boat- U123 on November 14, 2010 by jakeofwinterhill

Wet approach to the memorial walk

Note from dad -this was about a family memorial walk and the main activity was remembering Jakes and Evie’s Great, Great Granddad and Great Granddad. Jake wanted to share this – some of the Blog has been written by Jake and the rest by dad.
Jake had been to this memorial before, we all thought this was a suitable location to commemorate and remember.
http://jakeofwinterhill.blogspot.com/2010/10/anglezarke-lead-mine-clough-first.html

Jake had tidied up the crosses and poppies spontaneously without being asked before

https://jakeofwinterhill.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/img01647.jpg

“I am tidying this up by putting some of the crosses back (above lead mines clough)”

me and Evie -Evie being a Zebra! in pink

Looking at a Mine Audit with dad -(behind the tree!)

Bolton Mountain rescue – 4 land rovers

http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=main

At the Bomber memorial- Winter hill is in the background , the mast is mostly covered in cloud.

Putting Great Granddad’s and Great Great Granddad’s Crosses on the memorial

making sure the crosses are together without disturbing others, picking up the poppies on the ground.

Note from Dad:
Edward McQue (Great Grandfather) and John Thomas McQue (Great .Great Grandfather) crosses together

Edward McQue officer Engineer Merchant Navy (Great Granddad)
Killed in action 21-11 -1940 SSCree , 4791 tons iron ore , all 41 hands were lost
He had successfully completed 3 voyages when his ship SSCree was sunk by a U Boat- U123 off the coast of Ireland
the ship was carrying Iron from South Africa to Liverpool