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British or US ? - Printable Version +- Forums (https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards) +-- Forum: The Firing Line (https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: Combat Mission (https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=10) +--- Thread: British or US ? (/showthread.php?tid=44600) Pages:
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British or US ? - Koen - 03-22-2008 a guy posted this pic as 'US cemetary' which I'm not so sure... can someone identify the regimentsign on the 1st gravestone? ![[Image: 10-Amerikaans-kerkhof-in-Ieper.jpg]](http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/485719/1024/Algemeen/10-Amerikaans-kerkhof-in-Ieper.jpg) K RE: British or US ? - Antoni Chmielowski - 03-22-2008 Its definitely a British cemetary but I would need to see a head on shot to definitely identify the regiment. RE: British or US ? - Kelen - 03-22-2008 From the 'grenade' type badge I'm guessing It's a fusilier regiment, (although some others such as the Honourable Artillery Company also used a 'grenade' type badge). Too poor a quality picture for positive ID though. RE: British or US ? - PoorOldSpike - 03-22-2008 It looks like the American WW1 Cemetery at Waregem - http://www.visitbelgium.com/worldwar.htm http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&facilityId=210638&agencyCode=206 RE: British or US ? - Koen - 03-22-2008 thx POS RE: British or US ? - PoorOldSpike - 03-22-2008 http://media.oaktreesys.com/abmc/video/cemeteries/ff.wmv http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ff.php http://www.geocities.com/cvo_english/literature/flanders_fields.html RE: British or US ? - Kelen - 03-22-2008 Why do you think it's that one POS? From looking at the picture on their site I can't see the similarity, (apart from the style of monument, but that's fairly standard), the monument's too small, and there's no hedgerow in the background of Keon's pic). Unless someone's got a photo from a similar view I don't think this can be positively IDed without the key who posted it saying where he thinks it's from. RE: British or US ? - Koen - 03-22-2008 ![[Image: ieperww1cimetery.jpg]](http://www.visitbelgium.com/images/ieperww1cimetery.jpg) isn't the cross the same on both pictures? the guy said it's in Ieper RE: British or US ? - PoorOldSpike - 03-22-2008 I think I somehow got sidetracked.. I've just discovered that right-clicking on Koens original pic brings up the caption '10-Amerikaans-kerkhof-in-Ieper.jpg', which I presume means Ypres, so there's no reason to disbelieve the caption is there? So I think we can all congratulate ourselves on having solved the mystery, namely the pic shows the graves of 10 Americans in a Ypres war cemetery! RE: British or US ? - Kelen - 03-22-2008 Koen Wrote: No that's the problem, that style of cross is fairly common, as for it being in ypres, quite possible, but there are numerous military cemeteries in the Ypres area. Still don't think it is an American cemetery though. Could be 10 American graves in a British or mixed cemetery, as going back to the original question, the nearest headstone looks like a Fusilier. |
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