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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 ...
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As Ieper was one of the most fought over areas, there is a large concentration of memorials and cemeteries dotted throughout the countryside.
The numbers of men lost are too large to comprehend. As well as the 55,000 with no known graves at Menin Gate, there are a further 39,000 listed at Tyne Cot. I watched the school children wandering around the gravestones and although it was quite nice ...
From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren
... around. When the beer phone line is open it is common for the monks to get 12,000 calls for orders. That is calls for 24,000 cases a day and only 60,000 are produced in one year.
The monks are most humble and produce just enough beer to give them money to survive and much goes to their community. They are so very good to their community and are generous men; I know this because I was lucky enough to have stayed as a guest ...
Landing in Belgium - on to Ypres
... who owns Chamalou – our B&B ) is taking us on a tour tomorrow to show us some of the “secret”places where Aussies created their stories. She is going to take us to Hill 60 and Polygon Wood. Tonight we will go back to the Menin Gate for the last post at 8pm. Then probably one of those local beers. Kate, we took a photo outside of The Poppy restaurant – it is still there.
Pete is managing the driving, although I keep ...
In the footsteps of the brave: Ypres to Fromelles
... town of Fromelles. VC Corner is unique when compared with the other cemeteries we have visited so far as it contains only Australian soldiers. It also has no headstones, just two large stone crucifixes in laid into the perfectly manicured lawn. Beneath these two crucifixes lay the remains of 410 unidentified Diggers, who are among the 1,294 named on the memorial wall to those with no known grave at the far end of the cemetery. All of these young men died here on the night of ...
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