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News Update - VAMPIR DUGOUT UPDATE

 

NEW - Select the photo of the fire fighters to view the re-opening of Vampir Dugout

 

Johan Vandewalle Technical director, Kristof Jacobs Project director and their professional team from The Association for Battlefield Archaeology and Conservation

 will be featured in this documentary showing the hidden shelter, known as Vampire Dugout, which

served as an underground headquarters for the British during World War I. The dugout was apparently named after soldiers who’s

mission was to come out at night to re-supply the front lines.

 

Constructed during the Battle of Passchendaele (1917), officially known as the

Third Battle of Ypres, the shelter is full of water that needs to be first pumped out.

 

Newsletter

 

Read an extract from the Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service Internal newsletter

 

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

helps Johan and the team at the Vampir Dugout

 

 

Left to right are Firefighter Grant Warkup, Watch Manager Garry Brown, Firefighter Paul Gassor, Johan, Station Manager Neil Boustred, Fire fighter James Tuffley and

Firefighter Steve Bailey. All from Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service in the UK.

 

Select the photo of the team to read their story

 

 

Entrance to the Vampir Dugout Nov 2008

L-R Andy Wilkinson ,Ray Harney and Mick Wilkinson

 

 

 

Pumping has begun at the Vampir Dugout site, check out the photos from Johan

L-R select the photo of Johan & Kristof to enter Vampir Dugout

and also select The Underground for short video clip

 

 

Vampir Dugout information released by

 

Kristof Jacobs Project director Association for Battlefield Archaeology and Conservation

Johan Vandewalle Technical director Association for Battlefield Archaeology and Conservation

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The photo slide show has been produced in Flash format, so a flash player must be installed to view the photos

 

Select the movie projector to view the photos

 

We have complied this PDF from an article in which Kristof Jacobs  had written and now with his permission we have published it on the website

 

Select the book to read the article

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This is a very interesting article from the Western Front Association Holland

 

Select the tunneller to read the article

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