daniel griffin Posted August 10, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 10, 2017 I am in Europe with my 17 year old son visiting sites that my wife would not be interested in seeing - so we left her home. After the First World War a farmer returned to reclaim his land in and around what was left of the wood he had left in 1914. A section of the original woods and the trenches in it were cleared of debris and casualties but generally the farmer left a section of a British trench system as he found it and started a museum of what he found laying about. There are a number of post WWI additions to the museum and the trench system looks like it has been repaired a number of times, but I thought that it gave you a real feel of what WWI trenches were like. [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel griffin Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted August 10, 2017 Interior of the museum and quite a few cases of battlefield relics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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daniel griffin Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted August 10, 2017 Lots of relic guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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USMC8287 Posted August 10, 2017 Share #20 Posted August 10, 2017 Very impressive pictures. Thanks for passing these on. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted August 10, 2017 Share #21 Posted August 10, 2017 Thanks for sharing. It's a shame they have some relics just sitting outside though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king802 Posted August 10, 2017 Share #22 Posted August 10, 2017 Thanks for sharing. It's a shame they have some relics just sitting outside though... There's so much of it. I stayed at a hotel just up the road from there that was on the front line, there were literally thousands of shell cases all over the place. You would not believe just how much. Incredible place to visit- the Menin Gate ceremony is very poignant. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted August 10, 2017 Share #23 Posted August 10, 2017 Daniel, Thank you for sharing this with us.. I am sure you are having a great time with your son on this trip.. Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchbuff Posted August 10, 2017 Share #24 Posted August 10, 2017 Thanks for the photos Dan. Hasn't changed much from the early 90s and brings back some great memories when my son and I visited there. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted August 10, 2017 Share #25 Posted August 10, 2017 Looks overwhelming. It really is hard to get a handle on the scope of WWI... the numbers of troops, the casualties, the guns, the shells fired, the supplies... it was just massive. A place like this gives you some perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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