Abeele Church, Belgium

Map of Ypres during WW1 with artillery shoots marked and matching coordinates as used by the aircraft of 6 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

'Grote Markt' - Market Square in Poperinghe, Belgium

My grandfather, Corporal Fred Johnstone's score for a pistol test whilst on the Western Front during WW1

Small pond on the western half of the aerodrome at Abeele, Belgium, extant during WW1 when 6 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was in residence and still there today

Looking south today towards the end of the lane that bisected the aerodrome at Abeele (used to be the entrance in WW1 for 6 Squadron and others.

Folkestone Station, just off the pier, a crucial arrival/departure point for WW1 servicemen on leave from fighting on the Western Front

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

The White Chateau at Hollebeke, Belgium, prior to WW1

The White Chateau, Hollebeke, after being shelled during WW1

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, by Steve Buster Johnson

Present day De Ranke coffee shop in Poperinghe, Belgium, that used to be the popular venue 'a la Poupee' during WW1

Large pond on the eastern half of Abeele aerodrome that was extant during WW1 when 6 Squadron was based there and is still there today.

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

The inner harbour, Folkestone, England

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

Looking south along the access 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 6 Squadron Royal Flyiung Corps at LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, near Abeele, Belgium

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

Julia Denneker's autograph and drawing of a BE2c 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 now in the background

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