Jonathan, The large scale map provided by Pete van de Gohm appears to indicate that Laurence Farm might no longer exist, or it may be a ruin.
The map gives us all we need to find the farm or the spot where the farm used to be. If we find nothing at all, we will still raise a glass to the Old Man. It will not be the first time I have sat in the middle of a wheat field remembering momentous days. At Le Gheer, the nearest sign of any habitation, we might find someone who can throw some light on Laurence Farm, even if they have never heard of Winston Churchill. To this end we are taking a copy of Gilbert's map and a copy of Pete van de Gohm's map to show to local farmers etc. Best, Jim On 2 May 2010 06:09, <chateaustegosau...@att.net> wrote: > Thanks to all who responded on this thread. A great bunch of people. > I'll still be in France when Jim Lancaster goes, so I won't be able to give > him any assistance, but hopefully with the information he has from this > thread he won't need more from my poor efforts. > > I, and I am certain, Jim will provide after-action reports. You guys are > the greatest. > > Jonathan Hayes > > -------------- Original message from peteg...@aol.com: -------------- > > > > To the Group... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: peteg...@aol.com > > To: chateaustegosau...@att.net > > Sent: Fri, Apr 30, 2010 9:37 pm > > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Lawrence Farm > > > > Dear Jonathan, > > > > I found a Dutch map that shows Laurence Farm. It is located south-east > > of the Essex Farm and Lancashire Cottage Cemetery towards Le Gheer. > > The link to the site is: > http://www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=17247&sid=afe88a8e57ce04a3 > > cff0f9d742399dc8 > > > > If you scroll to the bottom of the map you can see the location of > > Laurence Farm. > > However, looking at Google Maps I do not see any structure at that > > location today. > > It would be on Sectie-Le-Gheer at approx: 50 43' 41" N 2 54' 15" W > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Pete van de Gohm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: chateaustegosau...@att.net > > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Fri, Apr 30, 2010 4:29 am > > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Lawrence Farm > > > > 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 churchillc...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<churchillchat%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "ChurchillChat" group. > > To post to this group, send email to churchillc...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<churchillchat%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To post to this group, send email to churchillc...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<churchillchat%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > -- Jim Lancaster j...@jrlancaster.com 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 churchillc...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
