first world war trenches in kensington gardens

[Pickman's model]

from 'first world war fieldworks in england' by martin brown (pdf at http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=6820|First World War Fieldworks in England)


how mad is that? a western front battlefield constructed right by hyde park and forgotten about

 

[spitfire]

Slightly misleading name because it covers the whole history of the development of camouflage from 1914 onwards but an interesting book nonetheless.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchills-Wizards-British-Deception-1914-1945/dp/0571221963

 

[Smangus]

Pah, me and a mate dug a trench in his garden when we were about 10, sat in it firing air guns at action men. In Plumstead SE London mind so not quite the same....

 

[not-bono-ever]

how about the *yet to be rediscovered* rebels trenches at St Stephens green in Dublin ? there were 4 or 5 dug during the easter uprising I think - so not just London that had its own trenches

 

[not-bono-ever]

also- seems that Ireland has a few more WW1 trench systems lying around

First World War trenches uncovered at Ballykinler - GOV.UK

WWI trench system unearthed in Cork

 

[Mordi]

how about the *yet to be rediscovered* rebels trenches at St Stephens green in Dublin ? there were 4 or 5 dug during the easter uprising I think - so not just London that had its own trenches

My history teacher told us the trenches were dug because Constance Markievicz had heard from her husband (who was a war reporter on the Eastern Front) about their effectiveness. But they weren't much use if you could shoot into them from the roofs next door. Probably misogynistic bollocks.