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[mrs Stan]

Poperinghe New Military Cemetery



Op deze begraafplaats, gelegen tussen woonhuizen, rusten militairen uit:

Verenigd Koninkrijk - 594
Australia - 20
Nieuw Zeeland - 3
Canada - 55
British West Indies - 2
France - 275 (w o 1 gesneuveld op 28 Mei 1940
Duitsland - 1
China - 1






















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"Those boys were lions led by donkeys" quoted by our friend Mike about the victims of shot at dawn

[mrs Stan]

Zomaar een paar grafschriften






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"Those boys were lions led by donkeys" quoted by our friend Mike about the victims of shot at dawn

[Matthijs]

Mooie foto's! De onderschriften op de grafstenen zijn soms best indrukwekkend hé?
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'We leven in een bezeten wereld, en we weten het.' (Johan Huizinga)

[mrs Stan]

Shot at Dawn Poperinge New Military Cemetery:

Poperinghe Military Cemetery heeft het trieste record er de meeste Shot at Dawn slachtoffers op een begraafplaats te hebben. Hier liggen 17 geexecuteerden begraven.


-Private J H Wilson, 4/Canadian EF, executed for desertion 09/07/1916, plot 2 row H 2.


-Private C LaLiberte, 3/Canadian EF, executed for desertion 04/08/1916, plot 2 row H 3.


-Private J Bennett, 1/Hampshire, executed for cowardice 28/08/1916, plot 2 row J 7.


-Private A Botfield, 9 S Staffordshire, executed for cowardice 18/10/1916, plot 2 row F 7.


-Private R Stevenson, 1/4 Loyal N Lancs, executed for desertion 25/10/1916, plot 2 row H 9.
De headstone van R Stevenson was tijdelijk verwijderd ivm restauratie.


-Private B McGeehan, 1/8 LiverPool, executed for desertion 02/11/1916, plot 2 row D 9.


_Private R T Tite, 13 R Sussex, executed for desertion 25/11/1916, plot 2 row F 9.


-Private W H Simmonds, 23/Middlesex, executed for desertion 01/12/1916, plot 2 row A 9.


-2/Lieutenant E S Poole, 11 W Yorks, executed for desertion 10/12/1916, plot 2 row A 11.
The inscription on his grave reads: 'Grant him eternal rest O Lord Jesu Mercy'



-Private J Grampton, 9 York & Lancaster, executed for desertion 04/02/1917, plot 2 row B 14.


-Private J W Fryer, 12/Queen's, executed for desertion 14/06/1917, plot 2 row D 14.


-Private J S Michael, 10 Scottish Rifles, executed for desertion 24/08/1917, plot 2 row H 24.


-Private J Stedman [Steadman], 117 MGC, executed for desertion 05/09/1917, plot 2 row F 41.
The inscription on his headstone clearly suggests that his parents were deceived. It reads:
'He died for King and Country may he rest in peace Amen'


-Sergeant J T Wall, 3 Worcestershire, executed for desertion 06/09/1917, plot 2 row F 42.
The inscription that his parents had placed on the headstone of his grave reads: 'For ever with the Lord'.



-Private G Everill, 1 North Staffordshire, executed for desertion 14/09/1917, plot 2 row F 44.
A simple epitaph is displayed on his grave which reads: 'Thy will be done from his loving wife and children'.


-Private H Morris, 6 British West Indies, executed for desertion 20/09/1917, plot 2 row F 45.
Herbert Morris was nog maar 17 jaar..


-Privat F C Gore, 7 E Kent (Buffs) executed for desertion 16/10/1917, plot 2 row J 34.


Bron:
Shot at Dawn by Julian Putkowski & Julian Sykes.
Death Sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914-1924 (revised edition) by Gerard Oram.
De militaire begraafplaatsen van W.O. I in Vlaanderen, Deel 3 by Michel Vansuyt & Michel van den Bogaert.
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"Those boys were lions led by donkeys" quoted by our friend Mike about the victims of shot at dawn

[Paddy]

-Private H Morris, 6 British West Indies, executed for desertion 20/09/1917, plot 2 row F 45.
Herbert Morris was nog maar 17 jaar..

Heel jammer


Private G Everill, 1 North Staffordshire, executed for desertion 14/09/1917, plot 2 row F 44.
A simple epitaph is displayed on his grave which reads: 'Thy will be done from his loving wife and children'.

Wat is het verhaal achter pvt. Everill?
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Patrick De Wolf
http://ablhistoryforum.be/

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
"We're doomed, I tell ye!"

[mrs Stan]

[Paddy]

Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, kort na de Eerste Wereldoorlog


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Greetings from a Little Gallant Belgian:-)
Patrick De Wolf
http://ablhistoryforum.be/

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
"We're doomed, I tell ye!"

[mrs Stan]

Tijdens ons vorig bezoek een deze begraafplaats was de steen van R. Stevenson verwijderd ivm schade en had ik de steen van A. Botfield gemist en dus slechts een niet zo goede foto van zijn steen hier. Tijdens ons bezoek aan Poperinge enkele weken geleden dit goed gemaakt.




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"Those boys were lions led by donkeys" quoted by our friend Mike about the victims of shot at dawn

[mrs Stan]

Helemaal apart, achteraan, bevind zich een Chinees graf.








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"Those boys were lions led by donkeys" quoted by our friend Mike about the victims of shot at dawn