alangiles Posted 14 September , 2008 Share Posted 14 September , 2008 My grandfather was wounded whilst serving with 6 Cheshires (39 Division/118 Brigade) on 5 July 1917. From the Cheshires' war diaries it appears that they were in the Hill Top Trenches (Right sub-sector) at that time and on the evening 5 July they raided the German Caliban Trenches. 6 OR were wounded during the raid and 19 on their return during the retaliatory German barrage on their trenches that followed. I assume my grandfather was one of these. I will be visiting Ypres shortly and I wonder if anyone has more information on the exact (map) location of the Hill Top Trenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 14 September , 2008 Share Posted 14 September , 2008 Nala Hill Top Farm and Caliban Trenches are in Grid Squares C21 and C22 Map Sheet 28NW2 St Julien. Hill Top Far Location 50 deg 52.546 minutes North 2 deg 54.208 minutes East. Caliban Trench runs between 50 deg 52.709 minutes North to 50 deg 52.635 minutes North 2 deg 55.142 minutes East. See attached Map. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alangiles Posted 15 September , 2008 Author Share Posted 15 September , 2008 John, That is fantastic information. I couldn't be more exact! Thanks Alan My grandfather was wounded whilst serving with 6 Cheshires (39 Division/118 Brigade) on 5 July 1917. From the Cheshires' war diaries it appears that they were in the Hill Top Trenches (Right sub-sector) at that time and on the evening 5 July they raided the German Caliban Trenches. 6 OR were wounded during the raid and 19 on their return during the retaliatory German barrage on their trenches that followed. I assume my grandfather was one of these. I will be visiting Ypres shortly and I wonder if anyone has more information on the exact (map) location of the Hill Top Trenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughton Posted 17 September , 2008 Share Posted 17 September , 2008 A good generic map of this area is Map 1 of Nicholson. 1915 at the Ypres Gas Attack but all the places are the same, plus it may lead you to some other interesting features: http://cefresearch.com/matrix/Nicholson/Maps/Map%201.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 May , 2019 Share Posted 6 May , 2019 Hi - I don't know if anyone is still following this thread, but my grandfather Capt Jack Lee commanded that raid and won the MC for it. He was killed three weeks later on the first day of Passchendaele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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