

6 Sqn RAF, British Cemeteries in Iraq & WW1
Research Gallery - 6 Squadron RAF
used in writing 6 Squadron's operations during WW1 in my books 'For God, England & Ethel' and 'Over the Western Front'Â

Abeele Church, Belgium

Map of Ypres with artillery shoots marked and matching coordinates as used by the aircraft of 6 Squadron

'Grote Markt' - Market Square in Poperinghe

My grandfather, Corporal Fred Johnstone, entered his score for a pistol test

The small pond on the western half of the aerodrome at Abeele, extant during WW1 when 6 Squadron was in residence

Looking south towards the end of the lane that divided the aerodrome at Abeele (used to be the entrance in WW1)

Folkestone Station, just off the pier

Talbot House, Poperinghe, the original home of Toc-H

The White Chateau prior to WW1

The White Chateau after being shelled

Captain Freddie Powell of 5 Squadron (also based at Abeele) demonstrating the new mounting for his Lewis gun on his FE8 scout. circa February 1916

Map of Western Front c1917, as printed in For God, England & Ethel

Present day De Ranke coffee shop in Poperinghe that used to be 'a la Poupee' during WW1

Large pond on the eastern half of Abeele aerodrome that was extant during WW1 - also referred to in

A 'Then' (1916) and 'Now' aerial photograph of Abeele aerodrome

The inner harbour, Folkestone, England

Abeele cemetery, created post WW1 and built on the site where the officers' and men's tents stood in 1916

Looking south along the lane that split the site of the WW1 aerodrome at Abeele, Belgium

A postcard of Godewaersvelde Station as it was in 1916

All that remains of the station and level crossing at Godewaersvelde, Belgium. The whole railway track from St Omer to Ypres was removed in the inter-war years

A post card of Godewaersvelde Station pre-WW1 (see present-day photo)

My grandfather Fred Johnstone (on the right) as manager of Botley and Lewis jewellers just before his retirement

The final resting place of Lt Charles Sinclair Hickie at LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, near Abeele, Belgium

The swinging railway bridge crossing the inner harbour at Folkestone, England

Julia Denneker's autograph in Fred Johnstone's diary (referred to in For God, England & Ethel'

A photograph of what used to be the eastern landing area of Abeele aerodrome. Note the Abeele Military Cemetery in the background

The final resting place of Lt G E H Fincham and Lt Graham Price, who were killed when their BE2c Serial No: 4181 was shot down on 9th March 1916