Wulverghem
Belgium
Mentioned: 1916, 1918
Ypres / Belgium Sector A Belgian village near the front line, site of much of Robertson's engineering work that spring. Back in German hands by mid-April 1918, during the Battle of the Lys: ground Robertson himself once held, retaken two years on.
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1916
- 8 February 1916… as to be done & his party last night didn’t do much. - Saw Joe Edwards & co’y taking 10 long lorry loads out of Wulverghem - That won’t leave much of the fair city. - Expect to retire early.
- 14 February 1916… ve them enough work to make the best use of it. - Another shell on the Dr. Stn. has mussed up our night stable. Wulverghem church is perceptibly growing less. - Artillery active on the left tonight. - Emma put in …
- 6 March 1916… - Dinner for the O.C. tonight. - I miss all these shines. Worked on M.G. emp. myself. Nearly lost the tower of Wulverghem church this morning.
- 19 March 1916… ep went out for dinner. - Went up the line 8 P.M. - Minenwerfer & Stokes gun duel. - Fritz dropped some more in Wulverghem.
1918
- 19 April 1918… ulogne. – Watt (12th Co’y) in this aft. – Fergie says we are back to the ramparts at Ypres. – The bosch now has Wulverghem so I guess old “Ring 35” is being used. – Funny that the ownership of Wulgm and Messines …