Sister Ursula’s diary for Nieuwkerke
Early October 1914, 4 nuns and a few young women had training from Doctor Callewaert from Ieper to dress wounds, in case wounded soldiers would end up in the Village.…
Early October 1914, 4 nuns and a few young women had training from Doctor Callewaert from Ieper to dress wounds, in case wounded soldiers would end up in the Village.…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturdaythis blog was going to be about so called British atrocities on the 25th of October 1914 , You might remember I wrote 3 blogs…
Digging in German archives is not always easy, loads of material is still not digitized , but I found a file of a German cemetery that was once located in…
This week Sabine's battlefieldguide Saturday.The Korps der Congolese Vrijwilligers (Congolese Volunteers Corps) part oneThis was a special unit, consisting of around three hundred old colonials and colonials on holiday, it…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayBuried behind the enemies linesJohannes Wemes and Rudolf Naumann part of the 4th company of the Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon 25 both got wounded near keibergmolen on the…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayA misbehaving majorWe start off in October 1914 in the area of Beselare – Zonnebeke where RIR 243 was on the side of several other…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayHazebrouck a murderous tommy and a dogA sunny but cold Sunday was the perfect day to go out and visit the town of Hazebrouck.From October…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayA postcard of 3 wounded Belgian soldiers found on my Isle (as I call the UK my isle)As a ww1 poscard collector/ guide/researcher I always…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday : Lizerne/ steenstraete (the LTA cave part two) 9é regiment de marche de zouavesAs promised part two of some artifacts seen in the LTA…
This week Sabine's battlefield guide SaturdayA new item in the collection :Iron cross second classEmperor Wilhelm II reauthorized the Iron Cross on the 5th of August 1914, at the start…