This week Sabine’s battlefield guide is going back to ZonnebekeHow Zonnebeke ended up in German hands for a short while October 1914Wednesday 21 OctoberAfter a night of little sleep, the…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday is going back to ZonnebekeLife in Zonnebeke during the first months of WW1 part twoFriday 16 October 1914The vacant rooms of the girls' school…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday will focus on what life was like for the inhabitants of Zonnebeke after weeks of seeing what it was like for RIR 241 I…
This week’s Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday, going German for the first time, remember I am not even a native English speaker so for sure I will have made mistakes in…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :October 22th 1914 RIR 241 part two the battle for Broodseinde crossroadthe general command reported during the night: enemy in full retreat on Ieper.…
This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :RIR 241: The battle for Broodseinde crossroad part one21 oktober 1914A kilometre to the south of the crossroad, a battle broke out on 21…
The baptism of fire for RIR 241 on the 19th of October 1914Way before the sun broke through the Flanders fog on October the 19th, 1914, at the first cockcrow,…
This week Sabine’s battlefield Saturday will be following RIR 241.RIR 241 die geschichte des Königlich Sächsishen reserve infanterie regiments nr. 241Part one: leaving GermanyRIR 241 was the last regiment to…
Born 10/11/1887 in Poperinge son of August Corneel Lermytte and Euphrasie Cornelia ChoorDied 17/04/1915 in Saltau in das kriegsgefangenlazaret of pulmonary tuberculosis. Originally burried in Saltau( Germany) on the 19th…
This week sabine's battlefield guide Saturday goes back to BeselareHow a priest loses all his booksLodewijk De WolfOn August 9, 1911, Lodewijk was appointed assistant priest of Beselare. Because of…