Jenny's Grandad's WW1 History | Tyne Cot Cemetery

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Jenny's Grandad's WW1 History | Tyne Cot Cemetery | Euro Trip 2018 Pt19

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Jenny visits the monument to The Hertfordshire Regiment, and talks about her Grandad's World War 1 history. We follow on with a visit to Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth Graves Commission site in the world.
Charles Chapman (1892-1965)
I have been investigating for ages where my Grandad was captured during WW1. He was a private in the Hertfordshire Regiment and joined in 1915.
Last year I discovered he was wounded and captured at The Third Battle of Ypres/Ieper on 31st July 1917 when nearly 75% of the other ranks were either killed, wounded or captured. 132 were missing of which one was my grandad Charles Chapman.
I have now found the German records (trying to translate some of the words) but what we have found is:
1. He was wounded and captured near Ypres/Ieper on 31st July 1917.
2. He was taken to a military hospital in Roesalare (Roulers) Belgium as he had a shrapnel wound in his left leg (can confirm he still suffered from that when I knew him).
3. He was taken to a POW camp in LIMBURG in November 1917.
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in the world, for any war. The cemetery and its surrounding memorial are located outside of Passchendale, near Zonnebeke in Belgium.
The name "Tyne Cot" is said to come from the Northumberland Fusiliers, seeing a resemblance between the many German concrete pill boxes on this site and typical Tyneside workers' cottages (Tyne cots). (Wikipedia)
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@paulonthemove5543 5 жыл бұрын

Well done, thanks for sharing so much of your holiday with us.The respect that is given to the fallen is so befitting of all that that generation did for us.

@georgeoliver8989 5 жыл бұрын

What an honour to visit where your grandad had been Jenny it must have been a very emotional day for you such a lovely couple you are and thanks for sharing your holiday with us all fantastic videos each one a gem safe journey home to you all 👏👏👏

@darrenparker2892 5 жыл бұрын

Brave men and women, thank you all for our freedom and life we live today . Never will we forget .

@grahamtyrer1026 5 жыл бұрын

Bob and Jenny. Thank you so much for the last few videos. My wife and I found them very moving, With all that is going on in the world we are still so lucky not to have to live through what our loved ones had to. x.

@gailh3048 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jenny for sharing your personal moments. Today we’ve been in the British WW2 Cemetery in Bayeux - it’s so emotional and heartbreaking to see so many graves and how young they were

@alisonandrews2013 5 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for sharing your holiday and wish you a very safe journey home x👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@dawngreen4074 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my...as you say the grave shots do not do justice to the size of the loss of life. Thank you so much for sharing. Very emotional day for you all and shows us to be thankful for what we have. Safe journey home.

@johnvickers5750 5 жыл бұрын

My mums father is still there somewhere on the Somme, she lost her mum too from the flu of that time. Her story from there would truly amaze & astound you.

@jackiesmithsmetaldetecting 5 жыл бұрын

Watched all your Europe tour , my Grandfather was in ww2 in the forgotten army his brother was a pow in Japan, when my Grandfather passed he had the uk flag on his coffin and had abide with me at his funeral he never took his war medals, we must never forget what they did for us. Later in years my Aunty was married to a captain in the 60's my cousins were born in Belguim and Cyprus he had to finish his army days in Ireland

@sassylassie3230 5 жыл бұрын

Very emotional place..Thank you for sharing Jenny & Bob....

@hayard61 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing what must have been a very emotional journey for you both. Seeing those headstones certainly brings it home to you. All of us have so much to be thankful for. Hope you had a good trip home. Bet Poppy and Tara will miss each other.

@anthony01571 5 жыл бұрын

They all did what was needed for the peace of Mankind :) I thank you for your granddad and all others that where by his side :) Anthony

@debsbird8693 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing such a personal moment for Jenny with us so moving .... I really don’t think a lot of people realise the impact and the loss of life in the First World War, I am currently researching on my great grandad who was involved in it, once again thank you to you both x

@JohnnyBurr 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!! You have spurred me to doing a trip to Belgium and France touring the cemeteries and museums dedicated to the Great War of 1914-18 Thank You

@peterblazeby4783 4 жыл бұрын

This is great,I used to be a coach driver in the 90,s and took many a trip here,it never had the visitor center then,it was so differentl that it has now,I have family buried here,it brought back lots of memories,thank you both for this

@BobEarnshawMoHo 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it is a very moving place to visit.

@stewchesman5259 5 жыл бұрын

What an emotional but nice way to end your trip. Makes us realise how lucky we all are. Have a great journey home and hope you get the repairs sorted. You should video that lol ;))

@BobEarnshawMoHo 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks but you can't get rid of me that easily, I'm afraid. Still to come, pet passport control, Arriving at Graffham Water and a review of the trip. Also, possibly, repairs to the Motorhome. Lol.

@bridgetsalter265 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much folks ....my late dad was a dessert rat,ww2, ramc,called up x mum didn't hear from him for 4 years bar the odd note ! He never spoke about the war except his hate of baked beans 😄and the fact they were issued with wooden guns as from the air it looked like a fully loaded army !! Hence my sister was born soon after his return 👍 What the war did for dad was to carry on and become senior chief nursing officer for the royal collage of nursing and a psychiodrist. Mum was a TB nursing sister x my sister x I reached ward sister statis. What the 1st x 2nd war solders went through was unimaginable. ......thank you for reminding us all bob x jenny 💞👍

@twawesties8666 5 жыл бұрын

We (Kirriemuir Heritage Trust) have just completed the 4th Exhibition documenting WW1 on the home front in out little town of Kirriemuir. Of the then population of some 2,000, 212 men & boys were killed in WW1 and countless injured. Terrible times, we have a lot to be grateful for. Thanks for the VD the timing is very appropriate as the centenary of the Armistice approaches.

@frazzledstouringadventures3059 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing a very personal story. My own great grandfather died in WW1 and is buried in Douai.

@nickmartin563 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather, Private Harold Martin, from Bishops Stortford, was wounded that day too. I was privileged to attend the unveiling of the memorial, 100 years to the minute that the Hertfordshires went into action. It was followed by a battlefield tour that was incredibly emotional. At one point we stopped at the point where the battalion advanced to that morning. The guide began by showing a large photo of Grandad and read from his memoir. (supplied by Herts At War) I was shocked because I didn't know that he would be talking about him. I had to walk 20 yards into the field where grandad was wounded that day. The guide was told by some others in the group that I was Pte Martin's grandson. He didn't know that I was in the group! Probably the most powerful moment of my life!

@BobEarnshawMoHo 3 жыл бұрын

It was an emotional day for us, thanks for sharing.

@simonmorley3576 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@colinhumphries2892 5 жыл бұрын

Very emotional day to reflex the past and what might or may not have been. Pity all these politicians do not remember what was, they could all do with visiting war graves to see how their decisions are crucial to decide all of our futures ? I have been having trouble with the you tube app, have deleted and reloaded twice, now I seem to have the comments and the bell icon working again ! Have you heard of anybody else having trouble with the notifications and comments ?

@BobEarnshawMoHo 5 жыл бұрын

Got your comment twice. So glad my days of IT problems are long past.

@gwenmassey7631 Жыл бұрын

Such a stunningly beautiful cemetery but oh so very very sad.

@maximusstar9960 5 жыл бұрын

Well done guys,

@coralbitten2315 5 жыл бұрын

I went there in August to see my great uncles name on the wall ...very very sad

@colinhumphries2892 5 жыл бұрын

@BobEarnshawMoHo 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, not had any problems with the KZfaq app myself, only KZfaq the company who thought that Abide with Me was sung by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross.