A Brooding Soldier ~ Ypres 1917

Going West -This was a term used by Tommies when soldiers were killed, here we see Ghost Soldiers, Going West

The 36th Ulster & 16th Irish Divisions attack during the Battle of Wytschaete 7th June 1917

Private Patrick Bugden VC, 31st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Pte Bugden was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when on two occasions our advance was temporarily held up by strongly defended `pillboxes'" on 26 - 28 September 1917 at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium.  Pte Bugden, under heavy machine gun fire, led small parties to attack the machine guns and captured the garrison. On another occasion he single handedly rescued a fellow soldier who had been taken prisoner. 

On five other occasions he rescued wounded men under heavy shell and machine gun fire. It was on the fifth occasion that Pte Bugden was killed in September 1917.

The 4/5th Black Watch attack during the Battle of Passchendaele 1917

Lewis Gunners at Sanctuary Wood

A soldier from the A.I.F mourns for a fallen Cobber

Two Australian brothers at The Battle of Polygon Wood

A knocked out MK IV tank at the site of the Battle of Poelcapelle

The Menin Gate Memorial to the 56,00 soldiers with no known grave

Soldiers walk in the devillish rain on their lonley journey with a unknown soldier, Lest We Forget......

Australian troops say farewell to a fallen mate

Lewis Gunners, Battle of Passchendaele 1917

A portrait of the heroic Noel Chavasse VC and Bar 

Citation (1st)

On 9 August 1916, at Guillemont France Captain Chavasse attended to the wounded all day under heavy fire, frequently in view of the enemy, and during the night he continued searching for wounded in front of the enemy's lines. Next day, under heavy shell fire he and a stretcher bearer carried an urgent case 500 yards to safety, being wounded himself during the journey. The same night, with 20 volunteers, he rescued three wounded men from a shell-hole 36 yards from enemy trenches, buried the bodies of two officers and collected many identity discs. Altogether he saved the lives of some 20 wounded men.

Citation (2)

During the period 31 July to 2 August 1917, at Wieltje, Belgium, Captain Chavasse although severely wounded early in the action while carrying a wounded officer to the dressing station, refused to leave his post and in addition to his normal duties, went out repeatedly under heavy fire to attend the wounded. During this time, although practically without food, worn with fatigue and faint from his wound, he helped to carry in badly wounded men, being instrumental in saving many who would otherwise have died under the bad weather conditions. Captain Chavasse subsequently died of his wounds. BAR Gazette: 14 September 1917

A soldier facing the firing squad

Stretcher bearers and grave registration unit

Three ghost soldiers, 1 Australian ( playing Harmonica) 1 British ( helping the unknown soldier up )

This print depicts the Australian burial party with an unknown soldier, to the left is a Royal Fusilier Honour Guard, surrounded by ghost soldiers of the B.E.F & A.I.F

A lone Australian at the Menin Gate