Life on on the the Battlefields Battlefields Life 94 Years Years Later Later 94 Charlotte Descamps Descamps Charlotte Presentation Presentation MCH MCH Wellington Wellington August 1st, 2012 2012 August 1st,
Passchendaele Passchendaele Varlet Farm Nov. 1917 Front 1915
Ypres Salient Salient The Ypres The
Flanders mud mud Flanders
July 1917 1917 Passchendaele July Passchendaele
Varlet Farm, then then and and now now Varlet Farm,
History of the farm of the farm History • Built in 1745 • Destroyed in 1917 • Rebuilt in 1922 • Occupied in 1940 - 1945
Human remains remains Human • Human remains – Procedure – Identification – Reburial
Ammunition Ammunition • Origin – German – French – British
Condition Condition • Unused • Used • Dud
Types Types • Traditional ammunition – Cannister – Shrapnel – High explosive • Gas – Fire – Smoke – White phosphorous – Vomitting Gas – Toxic • Chlorine • Phosgene • Mustard gas • Arsenic
Traditional ammunition ammunition Traditional • Shrapnel – Production – Use
Traditional ammunition ammunition Traditional • High explosive – Production – Use
Traditional ammunition ammunition Traditional • Collecting
Traditional ammunition ammunition Traditional • Identifying
Traditional ammunition ammunition Traditional • Processing
Traditional ammunition ammunition Traditional • Destroying
Gas Gas • Gas – Fire – Smoke – White fosfor – Toxic • Chlorine • Phosgene • Mustard gas • Arsenic
Gas Gas • Smoke attack • Gas attack • White phosphorus
Gas Gas • Processing – X-ray
Gas Gas • Processing – Blaukreuz vomitting gas (1917)
Gas Gas • Processing – X-ray Gas shell with leak Ideal situation Gas level too high
Gas Gas • Destroying – Identifying – Sorting – Burning
Gas Gas • Injuries – Chlorine – Phosgene – Mustard gas – Arsenic
Trench mortars mortars Trench • Stokes • Toffee apple • German 25cm mortar
Grenades Grenades • Types – German • Egg • Stick • Rifle grenades – British • Mills – French • Viven Bessière
Rifles & bayonets bayonets Rifles & • Types – French • Lebelle rifle – German • Mauser rifle – British • Long Lee Enfield • Shortened magazine Lee Enfield
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Other finds finds Other • Drinking bottles • Rum jars • Silent pickets • Helmets • Buckles • Entrenching tools • Machine gun
Iron harvest harvest Iron
Varlet Farm Varlet Farm Charlotte Descamps Charlotte Descamps Varlet Farm Wallemolenstraat 43 8920 Poelkapelle Belgium Tel: 0032 475 678 042 E-mail: info@varletfarm.com charlotteatthefarm@gmail.com
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