Well, the place where Raoul Lufbery buried - is this "Aviators Cemetery at Sebastapol", dunno which city is...

Raoul Luftbery was first buried in The airbase cemetary at Issoudun
He is now buried (since 1928) in the Lafayette Memorial at Marnes-la-Coquette (near Paris, in the Southeastern suburbs)

I'll try to find some pictures if I can.

VikS,

Lufbery was laid to rest the day after his death in the American Cemetery at Sebastopol Barracks, 3 km. (1.8 miles) north of Toul. This was the location of Evacuation Hospital No. 1.

His body was re-interred in the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Villeneuve, France outside of Paris in 1928 (as Rama mentioned above).

Aha, all these things are hidden around Toul, kinda sneaky place

PS: any fans of No.56 squadron here? if yes - pls contact me.

The area was really dotted with military installations.

Here's a map showing the location of Barrack Sebastopol (Caserne Sebastopol):



(E.A.C.=Evacuation Ambulance Company-Motorized, M.H.=Mobile Hospital-Motorized)

A view of Evaculation Hospital 1 at Barrack Sebastopol, with Mont St. Michel in the background:



An example of the installations at the site (E.H.1 building plan):

If anyone know anything about these medals:

1st Class Military Award or Military Decoration

2nd Class Military Award or Military Decoration

Warrior Merit Medal

please give me an information on them - awarding criteria, and its history if possible.

Thanks!

I take it that you've seen this (scroll down): http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/prussia.htm
which I just Googled. No expert on German medals myself, but it's nice to have a thread to respond to once more.

My excellent family gave me this book for christmas.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlefields-First-World-War/dp/1841197459



Really some great panaroma's and maps in it. Mine cost my family $100 in Australia.

It also has two CD full of panaroma's and maps, showing where the pictures were taken and when.

Looking for information on WWI antante (GBR/FR) steam locomotives (1435mm gauge) which ones where mostly common for the era.
If you have any drawings/pictures - please help!


PS: the ones which where used in Europe during WWI

I don't know what "1435 gauge" means

On this site (not only at the linked page) there is a number of pictures for ww1 french steam loco's (but if you turned the Internet upside down searching, you know about it already )

http://appeva.club.fr/cfcd2_e.htm#Vapeurs

Also:

http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/loco_list.html