You can gain entry to Thiepval wood and trenches by going over to the Ulster Tower and booking a place on the guided tours they do from there. Forget how often they do them, but I've been on them before!
There’s loads of cemeteries scattered around that area of France, some small some huge, they all highlight the huge cost in lives during WW1 . The senior officers would order attacks while safely tucked away well away behind the lines far from the fighting regardless of the cost in lives. One of the things I find sad when visiting is the number of graves without a name, it’s tragic that so many bodies just couldn’t be identified, their identity tags had just rotted away making identity impossible. I think the old tags were made of a fibre material that disintegrated over time, the later ones were aluminium. Those trenches at Theipval Wood have been open for visits in the past, maybe you went there too early in the season and that’s why it was closed. I’ve visited and I’ve been around the trenches there. We had a guide from the nearby Ulster Tower explaining what happened and where the lines were etc. we were told by the guide that there’s plenty of unexplored munitions still in the ground all over that area. There’s several other places in France where all the munitions weren’t cleared, and have signs warning about keeping to the paths. If you research how dangerous those explosives are it’s frightening, apparently the actual explosive is just as powerful now as the day it was made. But the fuses and detonators have deteriorated over the years and may not be very stable, thus they could very easily be set off! So when the signs say don’t stray off the path….dont stray off the path!!!
Thanks for your great comment. Yes seeing unknown soldiers is upsetting worse when you see more that one person in a grave and when you know that there is no know grave and there grave/ body's have been lost to time, I did find out after visiting thiepval wood that it was run by volunteers and that you can go in via pre appointments, I will be returning and bill be going in (and staying on the paths). I have hurd that farmers are still finding shells when they farm the land and people have been killed by them.yes i believe the ID tags were made from a type of leather that doesn't last, such a shame, as there grave says "know unto god". 😢
Great poem and very fitting. A lot did believe in there country and were willing to pay the ultimate price, and a lot were just scared. I still believe there is a lot nowadays who still believe that "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country".
There is an interesting drama made by BBC called 37 days, it follows the thirty seven days followint assination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarejavo, to the actual declaration of war. So many oppurtunities were lost to prevent that disaster; not least of which were the petty jealouses of the Kaiser and the reufuasl of the British governmant to ses what was happeing in the Balkans and Austro Hungary
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Thanks Karl, respect. All the best. 👍🏍️😎
Thanks mate 😎👍
I love it that the graves have more or less each got a little shrub on them.
Hats off and thank you to the people who look after them all!
Xx
I have found that all the war cemeteries are really well looked after. The people of France care lots about the war dead.
Your right wasted life for nothing, sad Karl. Glad you’re doing this journey for us all. Remember the fallen. 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸😊
Thank you. I'm glad I did this tour too.😊
Thanks for showing these cemetery’s.
No problems, there is lots more to come.its so sad that they seem to be scattered everywhere. Just shows the extent of the war.
So sad to see all the graves. Thank you for sharing your visits.
Yes it's very sad, such a waste of life.
Thanks for sharing your adventure Karl , the videos get more interesting as you travel. Terribly sad loss of so many young lives .🏍️👍
Still standing row on row.Thanks Karl.
Yes still standing but now at peace. 😊
A very sombering sight mate, thanks for showing us, remember the fallen 🙏👍👊🏍️
Thank you. Yes we must never forget them.😊
You can gain entry to Thiepval wood and trenches by going over to the Ulster Tower and booking a place on the guided tours they do from there. Forget how often they do them, but I've been on them before!
Strange it’s locked … I think we passed that on the way to the main memorial
Thanks for sharing - it’s quiet hard to visualise the devastation
It's only open certain days and the day I went it was shut. Nevermind I will be going back at some point. 😊
There’s loads of cemeteries scattered around that area of France, some small some huge, they all highlight the huge cost in lives during WW1 . The senior officers would order attacks while safely tucked away well away behind the lines far from the fighting regardless of the cost in lives. One of the things I find sad when visiting is the number of graves without a name, it’s tragic that so many bodies just couldn’t be identified, their identity tags had just rotted away making identity impossible. I think the old tags were made of a fibre material that disintegrated over time, the later ones were aluminium.
Those trenches at Theipval Wood have been open for visits in the past, maybe you went there too early in the season and that’s why it was closed. I’ve visited and I’ve been around the trenches there. We had a guide from the nearby Ulster Tower explaining what happened and where the lines were etc. we were told by the guide that there’s plenty of unexplored munitions still in the ground all over that area. There’s several other places in France where all the munitions weren’t cleared, and have signs warning about keeping to the paths. If you research how dangerous those explosives are it’s frightening, apparently the actual explosive is just as powerful now as the day it was made. But the fuses and detonators have deteriorated over the years and may not be very stable, thus they could very easily be set off! So when the signs say don’t stray off the path….dont stray off the path!!!
Thanks for your great comment. Yes seeing unknown soldiers is upsetting worse when you see more that one person in a grave and when you know that there is no know grave and there grave/ body's have been lost to time,
I did find out after visiting thiepval wood that it was run by volunteers and that you can go in via pre appointments, I will be returning and bill be going in (and staying on the paths).
I have hurd that farmers are still finding shells when they farm the land and people have been killed by them.yes i believe the ID tags were made from a type of leather that doesn't last, such a shame, as there grave says "know unto god". 😢
Thank you Karl. It is the old lie: Dulce et decorum est. Pro patria mori.
Great poem and very fitting. A lot did believe in there country and were willing to pay the ultimate price, and a lot were just scared. I still believe there is a lot nowadays who still believe that "it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country".
@@mrbsp1 Agreed one right here. But none the less it is the old lie.
Yes ,a lie spoken throughout time by generals and politicians.
There is an interesting drama made by BBC called 37 days, it follows the thirty seven days followint assination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarejavo, to the actual declaration of war. So many oppurtunities were lost to prevent that disaster; not least of which were the petty jealouses of the Kaiser and the reufuasl of the British governmant to ses what was happeing in the Balkans and Austro Hungary
Very interesting to know, I will have to watch out for it.😊