Jonathan Hayes, I am also planning a trip to 'Plugstreet', but this will not be until the end of May.
There is a useful map of the Ploegsteert sector in vol III of the Official Biography, page 649. The location of Laurence Farm is about 2,000 yards, just over a mile, due east of Ploegsteert village. Am sure you will find someone in the village who will be able to give you the exact location. As and when you find Laurence Farm (for a note on the spelling see Martin Gilbert's footnote on page 652) I would be most grateful if you could send me an email. Advance thanks. Jim Lancaster [email protected] On 30 April 2010 04:29, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll be making a trip to the WW1 battlefields - Ypres and the Somme - in > a couple of weeks, and, of course, one of the places I'd like to see is > Lawrence Farm, Churchill's HQ. Only where, exactly, is it? None of the > Churchillian histories are any help; Major and Mrs. Holt say nothing about > it (WSC doesn't even get a listing in their Prominent People in the Salient > - though Anthony Eden gets a mention!). > > Rose Coombs at least can get me in the general area: "Continuing westward > toward Ploegsteert village, along the southern flank of the wood, to the > left, amid the fields, clusters of farm buildings can be seen. One of these > is Lawrence Farm....." > > I can get that far without much problem, but which among the "clusters of > farm buildings"? I fully realize these are private property and, of course, > would fully respect that. No true Churchillian would do otherwise. But it > would be nice to be able to look toward a specific building and be able to > say "*That's* Lawrence Farm." > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Jonathan Hayes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<churchillchat%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > -- Jim Lancaster [email protected] 00 33 2 33 43 52 48 (France) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
