Les Tranchées de Mémoire,
sur les traces du passé...
1914-1918
Quand les murs parlent...
Hello and welcome to my website on military graffiti.
My name is Patrice Machin, a local history enthusiast, and I travel through the villages of Pas-de-Calais looking for names and graffiti left by Commonwealth soldiers on the walls of churches, farms, houses, or underground during World War I.
My goal is to pay tribute to these soldiers by identifying them, tracing their paths, and sometimes putting a face to them.
Follow me as we follow in the footsteps of the past...
May the sacrifice of these young soldiers not be in vain, and let's do everything we can to preserve their memory.
"NEVER AGAIN"
Patrice MACHIN.
Bonjour et bienvenue sur mon site sur les graffitis militaires.
Je m'appelle Patrice Machin, passionné d'histoire locale, je sillonne les villages du Pas-de-Calais à la recherche de noms et de graffitis laissés par les soldats du Commonwealth sur les murs d'églises, de fermes, de maisons ou sous terre pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Mon but est de rendre hommage à ces soldats en les identifiants, en retraçant leurs parcours, et mettant un visage sur un nom.
Suivez-moi sur les traces du passé...
Que le sacrifice de ces jeunes soldats ne soit pas vain et faisons tout pour préserver leur mémoire.
"PLUS JAMAIS"
Patrice Machin.
Update (click on the badge )
List of identified soldiers (151)
A
Abraham, Peter (Lamb, Peter) #199313 28th Battalion
Ashworth, James #231711 31st Battalion
B
Bailey, Peter #455717 21st Battalion
Baker, Albert Victor #633575 21st Battalion
Baker, Richard John #213231 18th Battalion
Baker, Roy Irvine #883328 31st Battalion
Baxter, Frank #69100 26th Battalion
Benett, John Thomas #139020 20th Battalion
Bermingham, Patrick Sarsfield #919180 24th Battalion
Blue, Edison Louis #454887 18th Battalion
Boden, Carl "Karl" Hamilton #542228 28th Battalion
Bromhead, John Newton #204102 27th Battalion
Brown, Albert Gerald "Jerry" #523189 31st Battalion
Brown, Lynn Dale #231284 31st Battalion
C
Cameron, Alfred Henry #644046 1st Battalion
Cameron, Donald William #652083 18th Battalion
Campbell, William #633222 21st Battalion
Carey, David Philip #445213 21st Battalion
Cater, Archibald Leonard #730648 18th Battalion
Chafe, Allan August #79373 31st Battalion
Chandler, Roswell Herbert #883349 31st Battalion
Chapman, Frank Howard #172125 3rd Battalion
Chapman, Percy Timlin #283134 18th Battalion
Chapman, Robert George #5076 27th Battalion
Chappell, Albert Edward #6195 1st Battalion
Cheal, Frederick James #59156 21st Battalion
Clarke, Eugene #743088 26th Battalion
Coates, George Richard #775932 18th Battalion
Collins, Frederick #75133 29th Battalion
Cox, Charles Neville Machell #883569 31st Battalion
Crooks, Samuel Thomas #469394 21st battalion
Crozier, Henry Kilduff "Harry" #195711 18th Battalion
Cullen, William #469403 24th Battalion
D
Darby, Allen Robertson #405237 4th Battalion
Darling, George Henry #636487 21st Battalion
Davis, Albert William #443539 29th Battalion
De Garmendia, Vincent #842187 24th Battalion
Den(n)ison, Raymond Walter #49654 24th Battalion
DesRoches, Eddie Hubert #444453 21st Battalion
DesRosiers, Charles August #889515 22nd Battalion
Dillon, Joseph John # 92006 24th Battalion
Dionne, Gregoire #121642 22nd Battalion
Donald, William James #65273 24th Battalion
Doucet(te), James Melvin #877213 25th Battalion
E
Eddie, George Aitken #862971 29th Battalion
F
Fickley, Chester Charles #406711 18th Battalion
Finnigan, Joseph Edward MM #463457 29th Battalion
Forrest, Percy Alfred #10189 3rd Battalion
Fossey, John "Jack" Frederick #407006 29th Battalion
Fox, Percy Charles #105690 28th Battalion
Freeland, George Arthur #213516 19th Battalion
G
George, Elmer Webster DCM, MM #75355 29th Battalion
Gibbons, Percy #742305 26th Battalion
Gibson, Walter #75796 29th Battalion
Grant, Thomas Ewart #724269 21st Battalion
Grant, William Hardy #507283 29th Battalion
Greenlees, Walter George #100984 31st Battalion
Greenwood, William J. #648373 24th Battalion
Gregory, Walter Henry #712644 26th Battalion
H
Ham, Boyd #808292 31st Battalion
Harvey, Clarence Otto #657704 1st Battalion
Harvey, William Thomas #657705 1st Battalion
Healey, William Patrick #928609 18th Battalion
Hensler, Albert Arthur #469338 25th Battalion
Hides, Alfred Harry #405294 20th Battalion
Hiller, Albert Edward #922490 27th Battalion
Hodge, Robert #645468 29th Battalion
Holbrook, Charles Adelbert #648425 24th Battalion
Hollands, James George #67789 25th Battalion
Hovanessiah, Sahag MM #769329 18th Battalion
Howlett, William Frederick #730431 18th Battalion
Hudock, Michael "Mickey" #66189 24th Battalion
Humphreys, Sidney #76259 29th Battalion
I
J
Jay, Edward Leverne #5191 27th Battalion
Joly, Rosaire #61840 22nd Battalion
Johnston, Alexander #160170 31st Battalion
K
King, Frederick Parker #928690 18th Battalion
King, George Andrew Morrison #710107 26th Battalion
Kirk, John "Jack" Henry #811540 31st Battalion
Knight, Donald Frederick #50900 29th Battalion
L
Lacey, Earl Laroy #189458 1st Battalion
Lackie, Orris Dorin #675929 21st Battalion
Lang, Charles #463117 29th Battalion
Leahy, Daniel #660912 24th Battalion
Légaré, Léo-Paul #1054674 24th Battalion
Leonard, Alfred George #803194 18th Battalion
Lewis, Lloyd Bristol #797513 29th Battalion
Lifchis, Philip #811540 31st Battalion
Lowry, Hugh Herbert #231466 31st Battalion
Lumby, Edward MM #231412 31st Battalion
M
Maginley, Edward Frederick #842074 24th Battalion
Maisey, Walter #447826 31st Battalion
Marsh, Colin #415159 27th Battalion
Maxwell, William McBay #405343 26th Battalion +
Mercer, Joseph Alfred #405768 18th Battalion
McAloney, Thomas "Tom" William #183621 1st battalion
McCann, Clarke Wallace #142363 24th Battalion
McLaren, Albert Edward #658022 29th Battalion
McDonald, Allan #877404 25th Battalion
McDonald, Donald Martin #216217 27th Battalion
McDonnell, John #827085 24th Battalion
McNamara, Wesley Camp #742485 26th Battalion
McPherson, Donald #622216 27th Battalion
Millard, Roy #123540 21st Battalion
Morris, Arthur Benham #79418 31st Battalion
Morris, Harold Merton MM, LSGC #75561 29th Battalion
Morrison, Allan Daniel #715671 25th Battalion
Morrison, Hector #887832 24th Battalion
N
O
P
Patterson, William Young MM #163412 29th Battalion
Peard, John Linton #696129 31st Battalion
Pearson, Ralph McNeille DCM #81697 2nd Battalion
Pearson, Thomas #144959 21st Battalion
Phelps, Grant Monroe #189325 1st Battalion
Prescot(t), Walter Joseph #919661 24th Battalion
Price, William Henry #769419 18th Battalion
Q
Quinlan, Milton Carrol #67874 25th Battalion
R
Radway, William David #862758 29th Battalion
Rattier, Antoine #57486 20th Battalion
Ritchie, William Henderson #460164 2nd Battalion
Roberts, Arthur Frederick #189879 18th Battalion
Roberts, Ernest Cyril #9756 3rd Battalion
Roberts, Frederick #186677 27th Battalion
Roberts, Thomas Henry #757874 19th Battalion
Royle, Henry "Harry" Cecil #76199 29th Battalion
Ryan, John #766694 19th Battalion
S
Salisbury, Roy Dufferin #123495 21st Battalion
Shuttleworth, Henry Charles #409488 21st Battalion
Sinnett, William Henry #817534 26th Battalion
Small, Joseph William #888308 28th Battalion
Smeed, Edward George #210878 21st Battalion
Smith, James "Jesse" Joseph #198161 28th Battalion
Smith, William Cadwell #454873 21st Battalion
Spencer, John Arthur #812185 31st Battalion
Spinks, Frederick Joseph #675906 21st Battalion
Spring, Edward #528616 2nd Battalion
Swan, William Fairweather #791147 29th Battalion
T
Taggart, Albert Edward #643492 19th Battalion
Taylor, Edmund #75008 29th Battalion
Thompson, George John #158735 18th Battalion
Thomson, Lewis Earl #648890 26th Battalion
U
V
Vance, James #675282 21st Battalion
W
Walling, George MM #53170 18th Battalion
Wass, Joseph #325356 31st Battalion
Wass, Seth #841953 24th Battalion
Watson, Frank Stuart #808722 31st Battalion
Watt, James Douglas MM #175307 29th Battalion
Wells, Marc #62198 22nd Battalion
Wicks, Robert #8508 2nd Battalion
Widbur, Joseph Harry #818100 26th Battalion
Wild, Charles #1054694 24th Battalion
Williams, Edwin Frederick #66058 24th Battalion
Williams, Harold Burton #645271 29th Battalion
Winkles, Sidney John #161222 31st Battalion
Withers, Neil Albert #696020 31st Battalion
Wood, William #487481 24th Battalion
Wood, William Percy #454585 26th Battalion
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Contact
If you find military graffiti, you can send me photos, as well as the name of the city, and the street where they are, at this address : patrice.machin.pro@gmail.com
Si vous trouvez des graffitis militaires, vous pouvez m'envoyer des photos, ainsi que le nom de la ville, et de la rue où ils se trouvent, à cette adresse : patrice.machin.pro@gmail.com