RAF Halton WWI Trenches

11/11/2022

Super work from the Royal Navy photographers this Remembrance Day.
It really captures the human emotion of life in the trenches.

Lest We Forget
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24/01/2021

One part of the camp that is even older and more historic than the trenches.
If those walks could talk...

19/01/2021

If you get the chance to visit Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial then please do.
It’s very humbling and very evocative.

16/12/2020

A photo mosaic of the trenches at the Somme front line, as taken by RFC aircraft of II(AC) Sqn.
Such imagery was invaluable to commanders planning the next stages of battle.
This hangs in the Defence School of Photography at RAF Cosford, where all UK Military Photographers are now trained.

08/11/2020

Lest we forget 🌺

28/06/2020

What an incredible find!

While working on the sewer system in the center of Wijtschate Heuvelland) , the contractor collided with a bunker and trenches from the First World War. The archaeologists arrived on the site to further investigate the works. It is remarkable what was found on this site ( street ). All the partners involved ( Aquafin, The Agency Onroerend Erfgoed, contractor Cnockaert, the municipality of Heuvelland, CO7, archaeologists of Rubens Willaert nv, Monument Vandekerkhove nv, Acke &Bracke bvba, bom.be ) now provide an efficient examination of the finds.

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Tijdens rioleringswerken in het centrum van Wijtschate ( Heuvelland) botste de aannemer op een loopgraaf en een bunker uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. De archeologen kwamen ter plaatse om de werken verder te onderzoeken. Het is opmerkelijk wat er allemaal werd gevonden op deze site ( straat). Alle betrokken partners ( Aquafin, Het agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed, aannemer Cnockaert, de gemeente Heuvelland, CO7, archeologen van Rubens Willaert nv, Monument Vandekerkhove nv, Acke &Bracke bvba en bom.be ) zorgen nu voor een efficiënt onderzoek van de vondsten.

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20/02/2020

What a find! Imagine turning something like this up in your loft!

The pilot’s flying log book and rolls of gun camera photographs are among items due to be auctioned.

29/12/2019

Another news article on our Trenches.

Find out what life in the trenches was like for men in the First World War.

19/12/2019

An interesting and very human article.

The 1914 Christmas Truce was part of a larger phenomenon known as ‘live and let live’

25/11/2019

What these guys are doing is amazing. Really looking forward to seeing their hard work come to fruition.
If anyone is able to help them in any way then please do. It’s a very worthwhile and unique cause.

Great War Huts at Brook Farm Camp is a ground-breaking First World War museum in Suffolk.

23/11/2019

An excellent video done for Remembrance Sunday this year by the Army photographers.