Vlammertinghe

Name: Vlammertinghe
Address: Belgium

Belgium

Mentioned: 1916

A Belgian village near Ypres, where Robertson is billeted starting around April 1916.

Mentioned in the diary · 3 entries

1 April 1916… w 2nd Bn. Transport - 1st Bn & Div. Train to pass. - All O.K. from Westoutre. - Arr’d new billets 2.45 P.M. - Near Vlammertinghe. - A godforsaken looking country. Artillery on the strafe the whole time. Visited 1st Co’ …
28 May 1916Fritz shelled the dump & party at Br. 18 this morning. – One C.M.R. casualty. – Some stuff dropped in Vlammertinghe this aft. Warm. – Rolled in 2.45 Ack Emma& had no worries till noon. – Wrote letters in t …
18 June 1916… ound + took the service this aft – Went down & arranged football match with 2nd A.T. Co’y – Took a walk over thro. Vlammertinghe with the skipper & Casey. – A different stroll to last Sunday. – Wrote dad + went to bed.