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Belgian Battlefields
... checking the Visitor's Books at each cemetery to see if we can come across any evidence of the North High connection visiting the same places we have been. This was all we could do of our tour (Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper being closed on Mondays and we have visited the Menin Gate twice for the 8pm service) so we followed Bob Shaw's recommendation and headed towards Poperinge to see the Lyssenthock Cemetery. This was a real highlight of our day. Our visit began in the very ...
Age Shall Not Weary Them
... chemical warfare against international law. Mind you, the allies were just as quick to abandon all diplomatic protocol to introduce it as well once the Germans began to use it.
The deaths again are astounding to imagine. During a barrage there were three shells per square metre per hour – hence why farmers are still finding unexploded shells today when they plough their fields.
It is staggering to ...
Paying our respects to the fallen Canadians of WW1
(Renée) Since I was last in France, I had wanted to come out to Vimy to see the famous Canadian monument and memorials to the fallen Canadian soldiers of WW1 & WW2. Vimy Ridge is Canadian territory in France, and I have heard many stories of Canadians being treated with the utmost warmth ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... as Kate stayed in the car as it made the experience quite personal. It sent shudders down my spine seeing row of row of;
'A Soldier of the Great War' 'Known unto God'.
I've never really got the unknown soldier thing before - It's sunk in now.
We went from this mini-tour to the Paschendale Museum and in classic Martin and Kate style read pretty much everything in sight. It was a very good museum only slightly ruined by a student ...
Remembering WW-I history.....
... also referred to as the third battle of Ypres which took place from 21 July to 6 November 1917. In the second battle of Ypres from 22 April to 25 May 1915, the Germans used poison gas for the first time. Initially Chlorine was used but Mustard Gas was later employed. The name of the town was often mispronounced by British troops as “Wipers” and in fact at the time they produced a small newsletter called the “Wipers Times”.
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