One that you may be interested in my friend. In Dorchester, Dorset, a large ww1 prison camp for German prisoners were set up, near the military keep.Housing around 4000 prisoners in its hight. A book has been written about it, and is very interesting. Today it is a industrial estate, but still has a few old standing buildings and plenty of photos in the book. As you access the area a reference sign now commemorates what was obviously a very busy place between 1914 - 19. Keep up the good work and thanks.
I was not aware of these ones. However it would be good to make an entire series on WW1 training trenches in England. Two more that I know of are Pullingshill Wood Marlow Buckinhamshire and Penally Wales.
At Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) in Georgia, USA there are the only remaining WWI training threnches in the entire US. There is only a small section remaining. Most drive by it without knowing they are there.
Great video, Rob. Wow. I didn't know that there were trenches in England. Nevertheless, it makes sense to have them for training. It's cool seeing what it looks like today. So much has changed. I hadn't heard of Field Marshall Kitchener and hadn't seen the poster before. So, it's been great to learn about him (though I wish I had also learned about him in school). Makes sense that they used a large field for training. I don't know how to describe it, but I can relate to what you said: "It's crazy to think here that we are walking the footsteps of thousands of men who went on to the Great War." Just seeing a peaceful field and comparing it (in my mind) to a training ground (or seeing a peaceful field that was the site of a major battle) - it's such a contrast. And, it's sad how many were killed during the war. Powerful memorial. It left me speechless also. Agreed - it's very extensive and also incredible how much is still intact in spite of the vegetation and so much time passing. Clever planning to not make the trenches straight. R.I.P. 2nd Lieut. John Graham Goffey. He was just 19 when he was killed. So sad how this was, as you said, the last home for so many soldiers. It was great learning about the different types of trenches, like the support line and communications trenches. It's an amazing site. I would love to visit it. Wow, it's 13 miles? That is incredible. If I visit the UK again (and I want to; I visited London in 2015), I definitely want to visit Berkhamsted. Superb video again. I learned a lot. I look forward to your future videos :). Keep up the nice work. Have a great rest of the week! :). Take care.
I can’t wait to show my nieces and nephew this stuff!!
Dude. That video was cool as heck. Very interesting.
Thank you man - it's a really cool site, I had no idea it was there until a couple of months back
Amazing, thanks for posting. Had no idea the trenches were in Berko. I'll certainly be paying a visit 🚴🏼♂️
Really cool site
One that you may be interested in my friend.
In Dorchester, Dorset, a large ww1 prison camp for German prisoners were set up, near the military keep.Housing around 4000 prisoners in its hight. A book has been written about it, and is very interesting. Today it is a industrial estate, but still has a few old standing buildings and plenty of photos in the book. As you access the area a reference sign now commemorates what was obviously a very busy place between 1914 - 19.
Keep up the good work and thanks.
That sounds really interesting thanks for the tip 👍
As always mate..👍👍
How interesting! Never heard if the place before you went this in regards to trench training grounds..
What a cool site. Haven’t studied WWI much but this looks like a fun place to visit. Great video.👍😁
It really is!
I was not aware of these ones. However it would be good to make an entire series on WW1 training trenches in England. Two more that I know of are Pullingshill Wood Marlow Buckinhamshire and Penally Wales.
Yeah i was reading up a bit during my research for this one. There are definitely others out there
At Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) in Georgia, USA there are the only remaining WWI training threnches in the entire US. There is only a small section remaining. Most drive by it without knowing they are there.
Ah wow really interesting
Great video, Rob. Wow. I didn't know that there were trenches in England. Nevertheless, it makes sense to have them for training. It's cool seeing what it looks like today. So much has changed.
I hadn't heard of Field Marshall Kitchener and hadn't seen the poster before. So, it's been great to learn about him (though I wish I had also learned about him in school). Makes sense that they used a large field for training. I don't know how to describe it, but I can relate to what you said: "It's crazy to think here that we are walking the footsteps of thousands of men who went on to the Great War." Just seeing a peaceful field and comparing it (in my mind) to a training ground (or seeing a peaceful field that was the site of a major battle) - it's such a contrast. And, it's sad how many were killed during the war.
Powerful memorial. It left me speechless also.
Agreed - it's very extensive and also incredible how much is still intact in spite of the vegetation and so much time passing. Clever planning to not make the trenches straight.
R.I.P. 2nd Lieut. John Graham Goffey. He was just 19 when he was killed. So sad how this was, as you said, the last home for so many soldiers.
It was great learning about the different types of trenches, like the support line and communications trenches.
It's an amazing site. I would love to visit it. Wow, it's 13 miles? That is incredible.
If I visit the UK again (and I want to; I visited London in 2015), I definitely want to visit Berkhamsted.
Superb video again. I learned a lot.
I look forward to your future videos :). Keep up the nice work. Have a great rest of the week! :). Take care.
Thanks Alex 👊
@@historyinyourhand1787 Anytime, Rob! :) Hope you have a good rest of the week.
👍👍loved this great history video
Thanks 👍