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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row, (...) (John McCrae)
No crosses here, fortunately, just a view of a wild part of my garden some time ago. So, Flanders fields - yes, in a way. I live near Bruges, so it's not the part where most of the fighting took place, but I do see the war graves when I go cycling
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid- the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae (1915)
The story of "Remembrance Day" with the symbol of the Poppy, which is based on the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae, was something I had never heard of before and made a great impression on me.
Die Geschichte des "Remembrance Day" mit dem Symbol der Mohnblume, die auf dem Gedicht "In Flanders Fields" von John McCrae beruht, kannte ich bisher nicht und hat mich sehr beeindruckt.
"Auf Flanderns Feldern"
Auf Flanderns Feldern blüht der Mohn
zwischen den Kreuzen, die Reihe an Reihe
unseren Platz markieren; und am Himmel
fliegen die Lerchen, noch tapfer singend,
kaum zu hören zwischen den Kanonen auf der Erde.
Wir sind die Toten. Vor wenigen Tagen
lebten wir, fühlten die Morgendämmerung,
sahen das Glühen des Sonnenuntergangs,
liebten und wurden geliebt, und jetzt liegen wir
auf Flanders Feldern.
Nehmt auf unseren Kampf mit dem Feind:
euch werfen wir aus versagenden Händen
die Fackel zu, an euch ist's sie hochzuhalten.
Lasst ihr uns, die wir sterben, im Stich,
werden wir nicht schlafen, mag der Mohn auch blühen
auf Flanderns Feldern.
Für "Smile on Saturday"
Thema "Poppies" am 09.11.2024.
A "Happy Smile on Saturday" 😊
and a pleasant weekend for all of you.
Many thanks for all your views, faves and comments.
So that we do not forget how fragile we are....Remembrance Day / November 11th.
Per non dimenticare quanto siamo fragili... Giorno della Memoria / 11 novembre.
N'oublions pas à quel point nous sommes fragiles....Jour du Souvenir / 11 novembre.
Perquè no oblidem com de fràgils som....Dia de la memòria / 11 de novembre.
Zodat we niet vergeten hoe kwetsbaar we zijn....Herdenkingsdag / 11 november.
Para que não esqueçamos o quão frágeis somos.... Dia da Memória / 11 de novembro.
Så att vi inte glömmer hur ömtåliga vi är....Remembrance Day / 11 november.
Para que no olvidemos lo frágiles que somos....Día del Recuerdo / 11 de noviembre.
Pi nun scurdari quantu siamu fràggili....Jornu dû Ricordu / 11 nuvèmmiru.
Accussì nun ni scurdamu quantu siamu fràggili....Jornu dû Ricordu / 11 nuvèmmiru.
Damit wir nicht vergessen, wie zerbrechlich wir sind....Gedenktag / 11. November.
for the theme "poppies" in Smile on Saturday! :-)
The city of San Mateo in central California recently constructed and dedicated this Memorial in Central Park to its "Fallen Heroes" who made the "ultimate sacrifice" and lost their lives while in the line of duty and service in the Armed Forces, the San Mateo Police Department and San Mateo Fire Department.
The red color of the Memorial was inspired by the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields" in which the opening lines refer to red poppies as the first flowers to grow in the soil from soldier's graves in the Flanders region of Belgium.
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"In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
that mark our place; and in the sky
the larks, still bravely singing, fly.
Scarce heard amid the guns below".
* poem by John McCrae (1872-1918)
The Burnside War Memorial Hospital established as a living memorial to the men and women of the District who gave their lives in the two World Wars, and all others who served, made possible through the foresight of the City of Burnside. and the generous gift of ‘Attunga’ the former home of Otto Georg von Rieben.
Otto Georg Ludwig von Rieben was born in 1863 son of Herrmann and Louisa.
They came from a noble family in Mecklenburgh in Germany where the family castle stood. The von Riebens were well known as the owners and licencees of the Nor’West Bend Hotel located on the main road from Adelaide to Wentworth between Nor’West (now Morgan) and Murbko on the River Murray.
Otto was born and raised in this area. It seems likely that he boarded in Adelaide in order to attend Whinham Grammar School for boys.
After leaving school, Otto is said to have joined the Civil service in the clerical department of the South Australian Railways. By the late 1880s, Otto probably joined the shipping and customs business of William McCulloch and Company Limited. He was stationed close to his family at Morgan on the River Murray and eventually became the Manager of the company’s Morgan operations.
William McCulloch and Co Ltd was a well known and well respected carrying company established in Victoria and by the late 1870s, had a number of offices in country South Australia.
By 1890, the company had branches throughout South Australia. In 1887, Otto was transferred to Broken Hill, where he opened and managed a branch of the company until 1891. In 1891, he joined the Barrier Miner daily newspaper as a partner until 1919 when the paper was sold to Mr J E Davidson, who later founded the News in Adelaide and merged the two papers. Otto clearly made some wise financial decisions and built upon his wealth.
Otto von Rieben was a generous and upright man.
His wife, born Jane Carew, had died in 1920. They had no children.
For 41 years they lived at Attunga on Kensington Road. In 1920, the Rose Park Improvement Society was raising funds to erect a memorial to the soldiers of Burnside who had fallen in the Great War and the von Riebens had no hesitation in offering their home for fund raising functions. Otto contributed considerably to the incidental expenses as well as donating money towards the construction of the memorial. There is ample evidence that one of Otto’s passions in life was gardening.
Having decided to relinquish his home to be the future site of the Burnside War Memorial Hospital, Otto von Rieben moved to Pomona[Stirling]in October 1948. He died on the 8th of May 1949 at the age of 86.
Auxiliary Aids Hospital
When the new Burnside War Memorial Hospital was opened for public inspection after the official opening yesterday afternoon by His Excellency the Governor (Sir Willoughby Norrie), members of the women's auxiliary, which raised a substantial sum for the general funds, must have felt pleased with their share in the achievement.
They must have felt gratified, too, that then president (Mrs K C Wilson) and Miss Hanton (former matron of the Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide) are both members of the hospital board.
Formerly Attunga, the home of the late Mr Otto von Reiben, who gave the property to the Burnside Council, the present building is to be used as a convalescent hospital until it is possible to build a modern general hospital in the spacious grounds, when Attunga will be used as the nurses' quarters.
Convalescent patients who are admitted to Attunga will be fortunate. Every one of the bedrooms, single rooms, two bed and four-bed wards, looks out on some aspect of the lovely garden, as do the spacious common room and the dining room.
Mrs Wilson and Miss Hanton were largely responsible for the choice of furnishings and they have achieved a charmingly simple and attractive scheme of decoration throughout.
Each room is curtained with gay linens and chintzes, every bed has the same type of deep cream counterpane, bedside rugs tone with the general colour scheme and every patient is provided with a bedside cabinet, wardrobe and dressing table in dark stained oak.
A new wing has been added to provide excellent accommodation for the nursing staff which has its own private entrance, and on the other side of the building the rooms occupied by the domestic staff open on to a closed-in verandah. The kitchen and pantries have all been reconstructed and fitted with the most modern equipment, and the bathrooms for both patients and staff are "the last word”.
References: Burnside Memorial Hospital website.
Advertiser (Adelaide SA)Wednesday 8 March 1950.
The Burnside War Memorial Hospital established as a living memorial to the men and women of the District who gave their lives in the two World Wars, and all others who served, made possible through the foresight of the City of Burnside. and the generous gift of ‘Attunga’ the former home of Otto Georg von Rieben.
Otto Georg Ludwig von Rieben was born in 1863 son of Herrmann and Louisa.
They came from a noble family in Mecklenburgh in Germany where the family castle stood. The von Riebens were well known as the owners and licencees of the Nor’West Bend Hotel located on the main road from Adelaide to Wentworth between Nor’West (now Morgan) and Murbko on the River Murray.
Otto was born and raised in this area. It seems likely that he boarded in Adelaide in order to attend Whinham Grammar School for boys.
After leaving school, Otto is said to have joined the Civil service in the clerical department of the South Australian Railways. By the late 1880s, Otto probably joined the shipping and customs business of William McCulloch and Company Limited. He was stationed close to his family at Morgan on the River Murray and eventually became the Manager of the company’s Morgan operations.
William McCulloch and Co Ltd was a well known and well respected carrying company established in Victoria and by the late 1870s, had a number of offices in country South Australia.
By 1890, the company had branches throughout South Australia. In 1887, Otto was transferred to Broken Hill, where he opened and managed a branch of the company until 1891. In 1891, he joined the Barrier Miner daily newspaper as a partner until 1919 when the paper was sold to Mr J E Davidson, who later founded the News in Adelaide and merged the two papers. Otto clearly made some wise financial decisions and built upon his wealth.
Otto von Rieben was a generous and upright man.
His wife, born Jane Carew, had died in 1920. They had no children.
For 41 years they lived at Attunga on Kensington Road. In 1920, the Rose Park Improvement Society was raising funds to erect a memorial to the soldiers of Burnside who had fallen in the Great War and the von Riebens had no hesitation in offering their home for fund raising functions. Otto contributed considerably to the incidental expenses as well as donating money towards the construction of the memorial. There is ample evidence that one of Otto’s passions in life was gardening.
Having decided to relinquish his home to be the future site of the Burnside War Memorial Hospital, Otto von Rieben moved to Pomona[Stirling]in October 1948. He died on the 8th of May 1949 at the age of 86.
Auxiliary Aids Hospital
When the new Burnside War Memorial Hospital was opened for public inspection after the official opening yesterday afternoon by His Excellency the Governor (Sir Willoughby Norrie), members of the women's auxiliary, which raised a substantial sum for the general funds, must have felt pleased with their share in the achievement.
They must have felt gratified, too, that then president (Mrs K C Wilson) and Miss Hanton (former matron of the Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide) are both members of the hospital board.
Formerly Attunga, the home of the late Mr Otto von Reiben, who gave the property to the Burnside Council, the present building is to be used as a convalescent hospital until it is possible to build a modern general hospital in the spacious grounds, when Attunga will be used as the nurses' quarters.
Convalescent patients who are admitted to Attunga will be fortunate. Every one of the bedrooms, single rooms, two bed and four-bed wards, looks out on some aspect of the lovely garden, as do the spacious common room and the dining room.
Mrs Wilson and Miss Hanton were largely responsible for the choice of furnishings and they have achieved a charmingly simple and attractive scheme of decoration throughout.
Each room is curtained with gay linens and chintzes, every bed has the same type of deep cream counterpane, bedside rugs tone with the general colour scheme and every patient is provided with a bedside cabinet, wardrobe and dressing table in dark stained oak.
A new wing has been added to provide excellent accommodation for the nursing staff which has its own private entrance, and on the other side of the building the rooms occupied by the domestic staff open on to a closed-in verandah. The kitchen and pantries have all been reconstructed and fitted with the most modern equipment, and the bathrooms for both patients and staff are "the last word”.
References: Burnside Memorial Hospital website.
Advertiser (Adelaide SA)Wednesday 8 March 1950.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
Lest We Forget
To The Memory Of Those Who Died For King And Country In The Great War 1914 - 1919
”They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon
Within the Edmonton Cemetery is the Military Field of Honour, established in 1922. Marker stones are laid out with no distinctions between rank or file of the veterans. There are 80 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War and 51 from World War II.
Honour those who have served and continue to serve to defend peace.
Canada and the First World War - Remembrance Day
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Here is a link to more information about this poem:
www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm
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All is quiet on a new years day - walking in the neighborhood of our new home
All is quiet on a new years day - walking in the neighborhood of our new home
All is quiet on a new years day - walking in the neighborhood of our new home
All is quiet on a new years day - walking in the neighborhood of our new home
WWI Battlefields - Ypres salient - Essex Farm Advanced dressing station and cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Essex Farm was one of the key frontline spots in the Ypres salient during th e first world war. It housed an advanced dressing station where casualties were first treated when they were brought from the frontline by stretcher bearers. It was dug into the banks of the Ypres-Yzer Canal which was the frontline held by British and Canadian forces.
Nowadays the site is dominated by the Essex Farm cemetery, a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground. There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified. It's one of dozens of Commonwealth cemeteries in the Ypres salient.
John McCrae
Essex farm cemetery also houses the John McCrae memorial site. McCrae was a lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian army who worked as a surgeon in the advanced dressing station. A larger -then-life figure he was well known by all the troops in the surrounding areas and far beyond.
His unshattered optimism and skills as a docter made him a very popular man. In his limited time off he would be seen behind the lines riding his horse Bonfire with his dog Bonhomme following. He was a poet and a great storyteller and wrote letters for his nephews and nieces in Canada from the perspective of Bonfire, signed with his hoof!
He witnessed the aftermaths of one of the first gas attacks in Flanders in 1915 and when one of his best friends in the army was killed he wrote a poem the day after that still resonates to this day. It's called "In Flanders Fields".
McCrae fell ill later in the war and died of pneumonia in january 1918. So loved he was that his funeral was a big event even in wartorn Flanders with many troops present and a procession lead by Bonfire.
On the photo:
Esses Farm Commonwealth war cemetery. Shot with a Leica Q, augustus 2022. Note that some of the graves are grouped together. This happens when the men were found together.
WWI Battlefields - Ypres salient - Essex Farm Advanced dressing station and cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Essex Farm was one of the key frontline spots in the Ypres salient during th e first world war. It housed an advanced dressing station where casualties were first treated when they were brought from the frontline by stretcher bearers. It was dug into the banks of the Ypres-Yzer Canal which was the frontline held by British and Canadian forces.
Nowadays the site is dominated by the Essex Farm cemetery, a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground. There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified. It's one of dozens of Commonwealth cemeteries in the Ypres salient.
John MCrae
Essex farm cemetery also houses the John McCrae memorial site. McCCrae was a lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian army who worked as a surgeon in the advanced dressing station. A larger -then-life figure he was well known by all the troops in the surrounding areas and far beyond.
His unshattered optimism and skills as a docter made him a very popular man. In his limited time off he would be seen behind the lines riding his horse Bonfire with his dog Bonhomme following. He was a poet and a great storyteller and wrote letters for his nephews and nieces in Canada from the perspective of Bonfire, signed with his hoof!
He witnessed the aftermaths of one of the first gas attacks in Flanders in 1915 and when one of his best friends in the army was killed he wrote a poem the day after that still resonates to this day. It's called "In Flanders Fields".
McCrae fell ill later in the war and died of pneumonia in january 1918. So loved he was that his funeral was a big event even in wartorn Flanders with many troops present and a procession lead by Bonfire.
On the photo:
Advanced dressing station at Essex Farm, augustus 2022. Tonemapped using three handheld shots with a Leica Q.
