Eksternest / Westhoek in Zonnebeke
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday :Eksternest / Westhoek in ZonnebekeThe last postcard I bought in 2011 was of ' Eksternest' but it has a story to tell, many.On the…
aluminum trays
This week's Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday Lizerne LTA cave part 2Jan, has a very nice collection of aluminum trays, they are made from aluminium field bottles . Some by POW,…
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather’s First World War cartoons
This weeks Sabine's battleffield guide SaturdayCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather's First World War cartoonsCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather was a British humorist and cartoonist, witty at times ( now Joe will say so are…
a simple bottle
This week Sabine's battlefield guide Saturday :The story of a bottleWe need to travel back to the summer of 2010, my boy and I were on the field, yes indeed…
The museum : “Veurne vrij vaderland”
This week Sabine's battlefield guide is going behind the lines to VeurneThe museum : "Veurne vrij vaderland" it is focused on the small part of Belgium that was unoccupied.Marie Curry…
Hooghe crater museum
Sabine's battlefield guide saturday is going again to a museum : Hooghe crater museum in Zillebeke , privately owned and one of the best ones in the world. You can…
Belgian refugees who ended up in England
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :Belgian refugees who ended up in EnglandI recently received a gift from a colleague guide and it made me decide to look deeper into…
Beselare in the early days part two
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayBeselare in the early days part twoRIR 247 had arrived during the evening of the 20th of October 1914, by early morning on the 21st…
Beselare in the early days part one
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide SaturdayBeselare in the early days part oneFriday the 31th of July 1914, around 10 pm the mayor of Beselare Jozef Bayart is told that all…
Gefreiter ERNST KEMNER
Ernst is buried in Ebblinghem , a village halfway between St. Omer and Hazebrouck in the German plot in EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY.That German plot contains 10 graves , 9 died…