A short film about the Hohenzollern Redoubt and Quarry cemetery. Battles took place here in 1915 and 1916 during the First World War. Filmed for a Mavic Pro drone in April 2019.
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@tomgreaves9913 жыл бұрын
My grandmother lost her brother here at the Battle of Loos, October 13,1915. Harry Coulson was 17 years old. His name is on a plaque in Dud Corner Cemetery Loos, 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. Lest we forget
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Sorry for your family's loss. We will remember them.
@matthewcullen12983 жыл бұрын
Lest we forget.
@evelyntaylor-williams36532 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for this. My Great GrandUncle was in the 6th The Buffs and was at the Hohenzollern Redoubt when he was injured and passed away 2 days later on the 15th Oct 1915. Strange seeing the location of what my GGUncle experienced For King and Country.
@StevenUpton14-182 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. We will remember them.
@elijacobson38964 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad to see you producing again Steven. Once again, you have given us another great video.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@oliviermosimann69313 жыл бұрын
I could not agree more.
@ronold562 жыл бұрын
My grandad, Richard read KRRC.fought at the redoubt in 1915. He was15 years old at the time. Survived the war joined the navy in 1919 died in Dagenham sanitation 1946 from TB
@StevenUpton14-182 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sharing your GF's story.
@paulcresswell16904 жыл бұрын
A relative of mine fought here with the 2nd bat RWR. Attacking Hulloch. He was KiA on 1st day (25th Sept 1915) and never recovered. RIP.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Sorry for your families loss. We will remember them.
@Glenniehubb4 жыл бұрын
Very pleased to see you producing again Steven. Very pleased, indeed.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@oliviermosimann69313 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@EricWild4 жыл бұрын
Your videos will be used by future generations.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@lorrainehamilton50512 жыл бұрын
My Great-Uncle Daniel was injured on Day One of the Battle of Loos, sustained a severe head injury due to shrapnel. He was sent home to a UK Military Hospital but sadly died 10 months later, due to complications from the brain injury. We Will Remember Them. 🏴
@StevenUpton14-182 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sharing your families story. We will remember them.
@aaroninlatin Жыл бұрын
Love your videos. I have read a lot about The Battle of Loos, but never had a good look at what the ground looked like. Thank you!
@StevenUpton14-18 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Much of the Loos battlefield is still open countryside.
@markgoddard25604 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. A very good synopsis and helpful too, in locating the battles. Always worth waiting for.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@stever41814 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steven I love seeing this history. My Grandpa was in the 32nd Division 107th Engineers AEF. He built the 1st wooden fence around Lt Quentin Roosevelt's grave. I have a piece of brass from Quentin's plane that my Grandpa made into a crush proof for his matches.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sharing this story.
@philbunt39734 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as usual Steven. Thanks
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@jackthebassman13 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for a superb piece of video Steven and excellent commentary that provides great explanations of the events of battle.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@nigelcoleman15032 жыл бұрын
These videos are great. Thanks Steven
@StevenUpton14-182 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@rodblievers6204 жыл бұрын
It’s been a while Steven, but this one was well worth waiting for! I have a personal interest in Loos; my great uncle was wounded near Hill 70 (4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards). Hopefully you’ll cover more of the largely forgotten 1915 battles? One small point: there remains some controversy as to whether that really is Jack Kipling’s grave.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I have recently been to Hill 70. They are building a new Canadian memorial there. You are correct, there is some disagreement as to who is in the Jack Kipling grave. Some claim it could be one of two people.
@rodblievers6204 жыл бұрын
Steven Upton My understandings is that the Canadian memorial is about 1200 yards to the west of Hill 70 ( which is now built over). I had intended visiting this area in July, now overtaken by events of course. Keep those videos coming Steven, they’re both very enjoyable and highly informative. Stay well.
@TheR18734 жыл бұрын
Thank you, the effort and information you put into producing these videos is very much appreciated.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@wolfpack46944 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. Thank you! Steven, If you are looking for another video location and subject, you don't happen to have any video in the Frezenberg (east of Ypres) area just to the north and east showing Square Farm, Low Farm, Borry Farm, Beck House, and that area do you? I'm researching the area for a diorama in honor of my Great Grandfather, who was wounded in that area in August 1917 as part of the 3rd Ypres battles 16th Irish Division, 49th Bde, 7/8 Royal Irish Fusiliers (supporting the 15th Division, I believe). He was a stretcher bearer. Luckily he survived and was evacuated to the UK shortly thereafter. I really enjoy your videos. As a former US Army officer, the terrain and conditions are always of interest to me. Here's the map area 28.NW.2 and 28.NE.1
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I am hoping to post a very short film in the next few days filmed above the Canadian PPCLI memorial on the Frezenburg ridge commemorating the May 1915 defence there.
@richardzellers4 жыл бұрын
Another great video!
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@mike7474363 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steven. Your aerial photography and informed narrative brings to life the events of the great war.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@deanshaw21284 жыл бұрын
A superb production once more, Steven, thank you so much for your efforts. Such an informative presentation. The resolution on that drone footage is so good, for a moment I thought it was an animation. Thanks again, DS
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@GetUpTheMountains3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@gordonmckenzie9264 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Steve. An excellent job.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@ArcAudios773 жыл бұрын
Well done Mr Upton, appreciated your detail over the calm & welcoming Landscape these days. ''Let us not forget, we will remember them''.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. We will remember them.
@cornwellstingray4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you are still doing videos Mr. Upton! Great video as always.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@davep29994 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the video. I always look forward to your posts. They are interesting and informative pieces of battlefield history. I have learned a lot from you concerning this war.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@archerry64573 жыл бұрын
I love the anglicisation of the place names.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@Ade4fish Жыл бұрын
It is great to revisit Steven's films, they are extremely informative. I watch them in conjunction with google earth which gives an even greater perspective on where each location fits in to the overall geography. Thanks Steven. We will remember them.
@StevenUpton14-18 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@dervolkstribun62403 жыл бұрын
The more videos I see, wich you produced, the more I am impressed. The way, you bring us back the history of the Great War, is truly astonishing. I am very glad, that I found your channel and will proceed thru all of your videos. Keep up your brilliant work. May be we can meet one day on one of those fields of death and glory, and reach our hands over the graves of the fallen, as a symbol, that nowadays we are living in peace, beccause they gave the last full measure of devotion and to often their lives. To show them, that their sacrifice was not in vain.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I hope we get to meet sometime.
@dervolkstribun62403 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 this would be an outstanding event... lets do it after this Covid- plandemic s over... and no, I will not being vaccinated.... for me its a political hoax. Compare it with the spanish flu of 1919 and 1920, and everything is clear...Thanks for your kind response to my comment..
@louisgunn4 жыл бұрын
excellent stuff as usual ,been there many times, aerial shots give greater perspective to the actions
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@harrybailey62993 жыл бұрын
A great telling of this Battle Zone Steven. Looking forward to more of your programs.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I hope to get back to the Somme in May, covid permitting.
@jamesyoung77983 жыл бұрын
Your “time on station” is appreciated, Stephen.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@flashladderacrobat3 жыл бұрын
Very well produced and wonderfully narrated, thanks again for a first class film.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@ripp47754 жыл бұрын
Mr. Upton, thank you for this video. My great uncle Thomas Doyle (Irish Guards) was KIA in this area on 09 Oct 15. He is buried in Vermelles. I was able to visit this battlefield in 2014. The aerial greatly increased my understanding of this area.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Sorry for your families loss.
@wallyhaskett67374 жыл бұрын
Steven thanks so much for posting these videos. It is good to see this new one it has been a while. Thanks for the great work you do bringing the history or these battles and this time line. I hope to see more of your work very soon and thanks so much.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I hope to post another in a few days.
@valiantabello4 жыл бұрын
Lovely. Thank you for what you do.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@jazzman16264 жыл бұрын
Excellent videos! Schools would benefit from these films.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@robertharrison41253 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent video. My great uncle David Harrison, of the North Staffs Regiment was killed on the attack on the Redoubt on 13 October 1915.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sorry for your families loss. We will remember them.
@paulkirkland32633 жыл бұрын
Very good indeed. This is where drones are so useful. Well done!
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@user-tj9ng6mc1u Жыл бұрын
I was just researching the death of a Great Uncle who is buried in Loos-en-Gohelle Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery. The entry in the War Diary refers to orders to attack Hohenzollern Redoubt. The War Diary states they were met with heavy machine gun and rifle fire. No artillery bombardment.The War diary refers to the distance and that the men got halfway across but by then they were practically wiped out. My Great Uncle was serving with KOYLI and was killed in this attack on 4th October 1915.
@StevenUpton14-18 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sorry for your family's loss. We will remember them.
@Teardust4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@samdown19144 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video...my great great uncle was killed here in 9th april 1916, pvt james down no.2126 of the 7th Btn royal sussex regiment, buried in Vermelles cemetery.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I drove by Vermelles cemetery. Sorry for your families loss.
@Trimtank3 жыл бұрын
Exceptional video showing historical research...well done Sir
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@redtomcat17253 жыл бұрын
Very good. I also enjoyed your other videos where you mention your father and grandfather. My grandfather was with Patton from Africa to Berlin. He actually drove him in his Jeep, not the sedan. He was wounded twice.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sharing your family's history.
@Gitarzan664 жыл бұрын
Its great to see a couple new videos from you Mr. Upton. I take it you are well. I'm sitting here about a foot from my big screen glued to every detail lol. I love your videos. I thought Jack Kipling remained missing. I didn't know he had a known grave. Looking out over these fields you could almost never tell there was such destruction and death here. It all looks so peaceful now. You're so lucky to be able to go and explore these places. last time we messaged here it was about 1917. You were about to go see it. I never did make it to a theater (of course) I bought the Blu Ray and watched with my wife and son. We liked it so much we watched it again the next day. I was impressed with how they did no mans land. I've been swamped though, I haven't been able to research where the movie takes place (the white chalk) or if its just fiction based on history. Another movie we just watched was Tolkien. I liked it although I read that they took quite a few liberties with the story (as always)
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. There is some disagreement as to who is in the Jack Kipling grave. Some think it could be either him or another officer from the same regiment. But the grave is marked with his name. I thought the film 1917 was mostly very well made.
@Jeffybonbon4 жыл бұрын
Great to see you back fit and well Steve another first class video keep them coming My Friend
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@stuartb91944 жыл бұрын
Great drone footage
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@timquick10454 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video Steven! Can you do more of the tunnel warfare !
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Just working on one now that includes a part on tunnelling.
@Raggadish.4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and very informative. The arieal photos really adds an extra dimension. I would like to se more videos like this from the Somme battlefield, and perhaps also Verdun?
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. See my channel for several film on the Somme and a couple on Verdun.
@NatureDoublethink3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, the Hohenzollern Redoubt is one place I haven't managed to visit and its been tricky matching the 1915 maps to google earth maps from the 'armchair'. Your film solved that issue, so thanks again. After reading the first hand account by George Coppard its always stuck in the mind as a terrible place with the crater area, fosse 8 and the danger of the minnies
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. It can be hard trying to match 100 year old trench maps to modern day ones. The last thing you want is to go on a trip and find out you have gone to the wrong location.
@NatureDoublethink3 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 totally, i very much appreciate your video and the conclusive demonstration of the different locations. Thanks for making it
@MrBasildondave6 ай бұрын
The twenty feet slag heap must be twenty metres surely? Another great video.
@StevenUpton14-186 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@historymatters66273 жыл бұрын
Thanks again Steve
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@dsparker67064 жыл бұрын
Excellent coverage as always thanks very much. The work you do is so invaluable it should be archived by the Imperial Ar Museum. Take care and thank you once again.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@kennymilne21763 жыл бұрын
As usual , a very interesting and enjoyable video , thank you Steven
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
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@leonardscully75383 жыл бұрын
Love you're work.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@SteveMikre444 жыл бұрын
Always appreciate the hard work you put into video. Thank you...
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@DaveH-zl3vd4 жыл бұрын
A very enjoyable video Stephen, thanks for posting this. It’s a few years since I visited this area but I always made a point of visiting Quarry cemetery, it always struck me as a place of manicured beauty in modern time featureless surroundings. Regarding St Marys ADS cemetery and John Kipling’s grave, I believe that there is still some conjecture as to whether or not it is indeed his final resting place. The arguments and theories have been going on for years, I don’t suppose we will ever know for certain.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Yes, there are some who contest who is actually in the grave. It could be one of two officers, one of which is Jack Kipling.
@thibaudduhamel25814 жыл бұрын
Another excellent and informative video Steven. Hope you're doing well. Cheers from France!
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@DavidOfWhitehills4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and troubling. If you could, do your filming near sunrise or sunset, the long shadows show the contours, and helps the viewr orientate direction. Archaeologists do this to find things impossible to perceive from the ground.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Good suggestion.
@travelkev3 жыл бұрын
This is excellent; thanks so much. I walked over this area yesterday in memory of my great grandfather missing in action 30th Sept 1915 in an attack on the Hohenzollern, I had difficulty (even with an old trench map in hand) working out the location of the strong point from ground level so this video was a big help.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I use an iPad with trench maps and GPS to plot exactly where I am.
@travelkev3 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 OK thanks for the info, I am wondering there's likely to be any records of German burials of British war dead recovered from their trenches when they retook the Hohenzollern? My guess is that it is unlikely in the chaos of war and CWGC were also doubtful.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
@@travelkev - The Germans would not have marked any British dead they buried. Very often just digging mass-graves. The CWGC will have the location of all known dead. About 50% of those killed have no known grave.
@travelkev3 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 I spoke with the CWGC and it wasn't unknown for the German's regimental records to note if they buried enemy dead, I believe that was one bit of evidence locating the mass grave at Fromelles so; I remain hopeful!
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
@@travelkev - Thank you for this. It is an interesting story as to how the mass graves near Fromelles were located. In another film I have I have recorded the visitor centre there.
@vnurcombe4 жыл бұрын
Just superb, sending me back to pour over trench maps. Thankyou!
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@norbertblackrain23793 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video!
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@douglasherron75343 жыл бұрын
Very much enjoyed the video, however, at @4:30 on you state the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt took place in October 1915 (from the 13th to the 19th). While an attack may have taken place during that period, this was not the first attack on the Redoubt during the Battle of Loos. On the first day of the battle (25th September) the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 9th (Scottish) Division, the senior brigade of the senior division of K1, assaulted and took the Hohenzollern Redoubt, "Little Willie" and "Dump" Trenches, Fosse 8 and the Corons de Pekin and penetrated as far as the outskirts of Haisnes. The 26th Brigade was comprised of the 8th Black Watch (the senior battalion of the Kitchener Armies), 8th Gordon Highlanders, 7th Seaforth Highlanders and 5th Cameron Highlanders - the latter commanded by Cameron of Lochiel himself. They held their positions (despite the failure of the attacks of the brigades on both right and left flanks) and were relieved by the 73rd Brigade of the 24th Division around midnight on the 25th. However, on the 27th of September the 26th Brigade were required to assault and take the Redoubt for a second time as the 73rd Brigade had been forced to retire by German counter-attacks. This they did. I know this as my great-uncle was a private in the 8th and was killed, aged 17, on the 25th - possibly by machine-gun fire from Mad Point as his company (A-company) was on the left of the battalion advance. In the three days the 8th was in action (25th to 27th September) the battalion's casualties amounted to 19 officers and 492 other ranks (from a total compliment of around 1,000). This was by no means the highest casualties suffered by a battalion during this period. One other thing I thought you might mention is the most famous grave in Quarry Graveyard - that of Captain The Honourable Fergus Bowes-Lyon. He was one of the late Queen Mother's brothers and therefore a maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II. He was 2IC (acting Company Commander) of B-company, 8th Black Watch and was killed on September 27th.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I was not aware of the grave you mention. Next time I am there I will look for it.
@douglasherron75343 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 You're welcome. Do you run a battlefield tour company or is this just something you do out of a personal interest?
@drecksheep3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sir,that's good work...thx Mr, Upton.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@VisionAssoc4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Steven. Very interesting and some thorough research.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@mcc98874 жыл бұрын
Steven thank you... again excellent
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@mcc98874 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Steve you may find my film.. Making a model of the Somme...interesting its a geographically perfect model of the Somme sadly i hadn't put the trench lines on when i put it on you tube ,i have now...
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
@@mcc9887 - can you send me the link please?
@mcc98874 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Steve just put into youtube..Making a model of the Somme..... and my other film is.. The Somme then and now.. in full HD
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
@@mcc9887 - Its quite remarkable. Needs to be on display where people can see it.
@oliviermosimann69313 жыл бұрын
Just keep going Steven : I relish your channel. Were you in the forces ? You know, every time I watch your great drone fly-by's, I also think of the absolute Lasting ecological Disaster that that particular war spawned. Over a century later, the raped earth is still toxic. May I suggest a video on all the incredibly still now stockpiled masses of gas bombs and other explosive materials in France (I think of the AZF explosion in France, for example, a few years back, probabily cause by some cellulose-type explosive that used to be produced on that site during WW1) ? For some populations it actually still is a very real threat.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I served in the Royal Air Force to six years.
@oliviermosimann69313 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Like my grandpa during WW2 and later on my cousins during the Falklands war ! All proud RAF service men ! I am the black sheep that was led astray by the RM :)
@UglyJazzMan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video and the clear explanation you provide! greetings from Buenos Aires.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@Glenniehubb4 жыл бұрын
Steve, maybe all of us that watch could club together to get you to Gallipoli. :) It is so often referred to but I have the impression that it is little understood...at least the details. And who better than you for the details?
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. As my great uncle fought and was wounded twice at Gallipoli aged only 16, I would very much like to go. One day when all this Covid stuff is over.
@FancyMcDancy4 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@iksexplorationsfollower25884 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, nearly missed this one.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@leaturk114 жыл бұрын
great video, keep them coming Steve.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I hope to post another in a few days.
@blueband81143 жыл бұрын
Will you be going again Steven to do more filming, once lock down ends? Personally i cannot wait. I have been doing lots of research to find places i haven't been yet. Some of which i have found by watching your videos. Much appreciated.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Covid permitting, I hope to be on the Somme in May.
@tlt39213 жыл бұрын
So well produced and researched....really well done. I do not see how your drone is so stable. In this video I could see the wind moving the trees below yet the drone is absolutely stable. How in the world do you manage that?
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. On a different day I took the drone up to over 1,000 feet to see what it would do. Even though it was very windy you would have thought the camera was on a tripod. Very impressive gimbal, self-stabilising system.
@Jin-Ro4 жыл бұрын
It's been too long! Very informative video, thanks for your efforts.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@staatsone18934 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy these videos, keep it up.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
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@warrendickinson26213 жыл бұрын
I recently found your channel and have been enjoying your videos very much. In my youth my wife and I used to do a lot of what we called "battlefield stomping" here in the U.S. at various national, state, etc. historic sites. I fully realize that if all the WWI and WWII battlefields in that area were made into battlefield parks, most of northern France and a significant portion of Belgium would be just one large park. Post-war folks just wanted to get back to their lives, farmers needed to raise their crops, etc. and much was necessarily erased, especially so in the last 75-100 years. In this video I am curious as to why the Hohenzollern Redoubt was left, for the most part, "as-is". Of course, the Quarry Cemetery is preserved because of what it is. However, considering just how much of the surrounding area was returned to its former use as farmland, what was this small patch left alone?
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. A large part of the redoubt seems to have been used as a rubbish dump. As to why some areas are left alone and others farmed I do not know. But, speculating: some areas may have been regarded as too dangerous and not worth the effort to decontaminate them.
@warrendickinson26213 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Thanks for the quick reply Stephen. I had wondered about unexploded ordnance as that was, and still is, such a problem in many areas. So, in other words, the Redoubt is not a protected monument as such, but just happened to not have been reclaimed.
@billweldon24343 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video sir
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@gryffrees4 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Been there twice but never got to grip with the layout of the land from ground level. Do you now why the land the redoubt sat on has never been farmed since? I presume too cratered or underground activity?
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I do not know why this area has not been recovered for farming. Perhaps one someone will buy it and recover the battlefield.
@Mizone5054 жыл бұрын
Very well done Steve, love watching them. Could you do an exclusively Australian area of operations? My relative was at bullecourt. Cheers and regards Dave Kelly
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I have done one on Fromelles and the new Australian cemetery and visitor centre.
@Mizone5054 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 I will certainly look it up. Fantastic way of learning more about the history. I love the trench maps. Where do you find them? I have the dates of my relatives wounding and where and by tracing that back to the battalions location would be a great thing
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
@@Mizone505 I bought them from Memory-Map on a DVD.
@flashladderacrobat4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another upload. Very interesting . Stay safe and take care,
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@piatpotatopeon83053 жыл бұрын
This is very well put together! I love the aerial shots of the modern landscape combined with the primary sources. Did you use a drone to get those shots, or were you flying around? I'm not familiar with French aerospace laws and regulations.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you fro watching. I use a drone.
@martincolclough43874 жыл бұрын
Very interesting Steven
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@Raggadish.4 жыл бұрын
Extra question: would be interresting to know in your video locations if they are good for a battlefield walk, or if you could give recommendations // Thanks
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. All of these locations are good for walking; however, without knowledge of what happened and reference to trench maps there is not a lot to see in many of them. Besides Quarry cemetery, you could walk over the former Hohenzollern redoubt area and have no idea as to the lands history.
@SuperMig19703 жыл бұрын
Me and co-worker were wondering how fertile and agriculturally productive the farmland was after all this bombardment and blasting it received. How did they revive their farmland? And did the surface lose good topsoil, and get lesser subsoil lifted up into the better material?
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I have often wondered about how they recovered the land after the war and how long it took to do so.
@normanlong21914 жыл бұрын
Vey well done thank you !
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@jimwalton20144 ай бұрын
Remembering the boys of 1/6 North Staffordshire Regiment who lost their lives here on 13 October 1915
@StevenUpton14-184 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@lloydwilliams56493 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather died there in October 1915. His body was never found.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Sorry for your family's loss. His name is probably on the Menin Gate.
@lloydwilliams56493 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Yes it is. I visited there 5 years ago. A very sobering experience to say the least.
@ScienceChap3 жыл бұрын
RIP Pte Arthur Winter Rowston, of the 1/5 Battallion Lincolnshire Regiment, lost in a raid in Hulluch on 8th September 1917. He has no know grave.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. We will remember them.
@robames12933 жыл бұрын
at 4:40 Brit trench line can be seen in the growth patterns in the crop
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. When I see the shadows in crops I check it against trench maps. They are definitely the location of former trenches.
@Isclachau4 жыл бұрын
Is this not where several miles of underground tunnels by the RE are still situated?
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. There are no accessible tunnels here. I think you are referring to Vimy Ridge which is not far away. You can go on a guided tour down some of the tunnels there.
@Isclachau4 жыл бұрын
Steven Upton I may be wrong but I’m sure it is in this area, not accessible to the public of course but around 12 miles of tunnel is still down there and only open to experts.
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
You may be right, but I have never come across it in this location.
@dave31564 жыл бұрын
I have enjoyed your entire series on WWI. I am puzzled by the spacing of the headstones on several of the cemeteries that you have shown. Do you have any idea why there is this irregular spacing? Please continue with your series!
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
I have been asked this question before and I contacted the Commonwealth War Graces Commission for an answer. Here follows their reply" With regard to your query, there are many variations in the layout of Commission headstones in our cemeteries. Some headstones commemorate more than one individual for example. These are either joint graves, where two individuals share a single grave, or a collective grave, where three or more share a single grave. The bodies in these graves are either buried too close together for individual headstones to mark their graves, or because they are buried one above the other, or because the remains were impossible to be identified individually. In many of our sites, you will see incongruous gaps in rows of headstones. It is often the case that graves were there originally, but were later removed because they were perhaps French, Belgian or American servicemen, or civilians. For example in Tyne Cot Cemetery in Plot III Row A there is a gap in the row where grave 16 should be. This is because a Belgian soldier who was buried there was removed in 1938. The most common origin of joint and collective graves however were trench graves. This is where a single long grave, resembling a trench, was dug, and bodies were laid side by side, sometimes even on their side, to maximise availlable space. In these cases, headstones will usually be touching or very close together. In some sites, people were buried individually but very close together due to space restrictions. When permanent headstones were erected there wasn't sufficient space to accommodate individual headstones. In these cases, headstones may touch or joint headstones be use, i.e. two names on one stone. In closing, I hope this offers some explanation, and thank you again for contacting the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
@dave31564 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Thank you for your quick response. What started your interest in World War I did you have relatives who fought?
@notmenotme6143 жыл бұрын
@Steven Upton . What drone did you use for the video? It’s impressive.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I used a Mavic Pro with 4k camera.
@davidgarston33534 жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, great vids could you please do a vid on Capt Albert Ball I am currently building a model of the Se5a
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. The problem with WW1 airfields is that so far I have not found anything to film. Its quite hard to locate where they were.
@davidgarston33534 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Hi Steve did not realize this problem its a shame as a very intresting subject matter early aviation combat.
@suffolkandy4 жыл бұрын
History at is best one good vid
@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@olivercromwell79374 жыл бұрын
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@StevenUpton14-184 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@simonbevers28023 жыл бұрын
Where do you get all this information from? It seems like you just know everything about the First Worldwar.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. I read a lot. When a particular aspect of the war interests me I like to visit the location and 'walk the ground'. This evolved into photographing and eventually filming it.
@simonbevers28023 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Yes it is very nice to visit the locations where you have learned abaout. I also read a lot about the WW I, especially in Belgium where I'm living. The only problem is that I'm only 17, so I don't have my drivers license. I would like to visit more places I've read/learned about, but that's very difficult at my age of course, because I don't live in West-Flanders. I hope that I can visit some places in the future when I have my drivers license.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
@@simonbevers2802 - At 17 it will not be long before you have a motorbike or car. Keep studying the subject and at least you do not have to cross the English Channel to get there!
@simonbevers28023 жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Yes, I'm now driving every day with my dad, but I can't do my drivers test because of COVID 19. And indeed I don't have to cross the channel. From where I live, I have to drive about 1h30, so it's not that far. In my town there is also a fortress of the First Worldwar. It is part of the fortresses around Antwerp, I don't know if you know much about that?
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
@@simonbevers2802 - I am familiar with Antwerp particularly 1914 when the British 7th Division and Royal Marines were sent there. Many were trapped and had to escape to Holland where they were interned for the remainder of the war.
@michellesieu17687 ай бұрын
Watch the video, Vermelles (62) - Quarry cemetery -
@StevenUpton14-186 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@kipter3 жыл бұрын
Terrible to think of the enormous cost of this collosal bit of nonsense. The politicians that started the war lost nothing, the people living in these towns and the men who died in then lost everything.
@StevenUpton14-183 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. One politician, Winston Churchill, served in the trenches for over a year and many politicians lost sons in the war.
@milt6208 Жыл бұрын
Hell on Earth
@StevenUpton14-18 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@ja37d-34 Жыл бұрын
Have graves been moved from the cemetary? Looks a little weird.. And those "visible" craters in the fields.. I wonder why they can be seen as whitish? Drained of water differently due to refilled with perhaps different soil? :/ Interesting as always whatever the case is here.
@StevenUpton14-18 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. The white smudges on the ground are where there were mine craters that have been filled in. One reason for gaps in some cemeteries is if they were created during the war they are less organised than those created after the war.
@ja37d-34 Жыл бұрын
@@StevenUpton14-18 Yeah, just so weird it is so easily to see. Well, to me it is. :) Aha, that is why. The British way is to bury fallen where they fell, the battlefield, right - so it is not common to take them home if i remember correctly? There are four, iirc, British (as in Commonwealth, I think one is Canadian) in my home town. All aircrew, most from the Kattegat but one (the Canadian) sadly died as he bellied in a couple of days before the war´s end.. My grandfather was a fireman and arrived at the scene, seeing it.... But the navigator survived, hiding behind a stone wall believing he was in Denmark (he was in Sweden). I think my father explained that British KIA are most often buried where they fell?