tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post112532493274572680..comments2023-06-17T07:45:23.863-04:00Comments on The Wildgoose Chase: Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915MaryBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-24411539797153767312011-05-02T13:03:58.036-04:002011-05-02T13:03:58.036-04:00I have hear creepy stories about that place, in th...I have hear creepy stories about that place, in the past some people made a ritual or something like that and something fails and they die and came back from the hell.cheap viagrahttp://www.xlpharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-5572935672510416772007-12-13T02:16:00.000-05:002007-12-13T02:16:00.000-05:00Dear Mary,Probably much too late for you - but Wad...Dear Mary,<BR/>Probably much too late for you - but Wadhurst, in East Sussex, is twinned with Aubers because we lost 25 young men in that one day. To mark the 60th anniversary of the battle, I gave a talk to the Wadhurst History Society and put that on the Wadhurst website at www.wadhurst.info/whs/aubers/mjhtalk.htm.<BR/><BR/>You are welcome to make any use you like of that material if it helps<BR/><BR/>Michael HarteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-81865508477587299902006-11-11T09:25:00.000-05:002006-11-11T09:25:00.000-05:00Thanks, Ian! I appreciate your help.Thanks, Ian! I appreciate your help.MaryBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-1147211765793617922006-05-09T17:56:00.000-04:002006-05-09T17:56:00.000-04:00Dear MaryI know of 2 books on this battle.1. "A Se...Dear Mary<BR/><BR/>I know of 2 books on this battle.<BR/><BR/>1. "A Serious Disappointment" by Adrian Bristow (Leo Cooper, 1995).<BR/>2. "The Battle of Aubers Ridge" by Hancock (Pen & Sword Battleground Europe series, 2005).<BR/><BR/>Another source is Wauchope's "History of the Black Watch in the Great War" (in 3 volumes).<BR/><BR/>My great grandfather, Charles Carmichael, 1st or 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) (regimental number S6070) died in this battle.<BR/><BR/>From "Soldiers Died in the Great War", volume 46, Herbert Eustace Wildgoose (regimental number 262) is listed as having been killed in action on 9 May 1915 while an acting corporal with the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch. His birth place is given as Aldershot, Hampshire, England and his place of enlistment as Hull, Yorkshire.<BR/><BR/>I don't know why he would have enlisted in a Scottish Regiment although the 1st Battalion, Black Watch, were based at Aldershot in 1914, so there may have been some family connection.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps with your researches. If I come across anything else, I'll let you know.<BR/><BR/>Ian YoungAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com