Passchendaele Anniversary Tour - Battlefield Tours - Leger Holidays

This tour follows the course of the Battle of Passchendaele, seeing local events and exhibitions in the Ypres and Passchendaele area and taking in the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.

http://www.visitbattlefield.co.uk/Tours/World_War_I

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[McConius]

i remember visiting those places when i was 18. one hell of a sombering outing but i was grateful for the chance to see these places.

[srebuck]

My great uncle died at Passchedaele. He was a runner, doing the same job as Corporal A. Hitler on the other side of the trenches during this battle. His body was never found, and his name is on the Menin Gate. An unconscionable catastrophe.

[CaptainVandorian]

Ues, but 'Tyne' is an old flemish name for girls, and cot is a rather primitive building, more like a shed, so I could have it's roots somewhere in that direction rather than the familiar connotation referring to the Newcastle are. Of course, it fits both ways.

[PeterFV]

"Tyne Cot" was the name given to the place by some soldiers from Newcastle on Tyne because the cottages in the area resembled some near Newcastle.

[towisuk]

The Cross of sacrifice is built on top of a bunker that was used as a dressing station. Soldiers who died were buried around this bunker during the fighting. After the war the cemetery was created from Battlefield clearances, and moving the dead from numerous smaller cemeteries to this concentration cemetery,

the largest CWG cemetery in the world..

[teebee1984]

My Grandfather won the Military Cross and Bar in the Battle Of The Somme and was mentioned in despatches for bravery. He lived well into his 80's.

[WesternFront1916]

I visited all of these places mentioned just over a week ago, and I saw 'The Last Post' at Menin Gate. It was one of the best and most interesting trips I have ever been on and I shall never forget it.

[CaptainVandorian]

There are a lot of bunkers in the Salient, so I gather they WERW actually used during WW1;)) However, in the case of the 'block houses'in Tyne Cot, I havent that much information apart from that they were used as an advanced dressing station by the British. I live in Ypres too, so probably I ll get a closer look at them and find out.

Also I heard that Tyne Cot actually derives from the Flemish 'Tyne' and 'Cot' which might have a different meaning. Of course, the english reference works as well.

[TheSanityInspector]

Good e-tour, thanks for posting.

[dediertje]

bunkers weren't used that much during the WWI; but what I know for sure -because I live in Ypres- is that there was a field hospital in opposite of Tyne Cot and the dead where buried there in rows, side by side. That's how Tyne Cot was formed.