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Belgian Battlefields
... address or location and spent some considerable time trying internet sites and just driving around looking for this site. Eventually we got the Sat Nav to locate this as a 'memorial' and reached the cemetery just after dark. It was also closed by then so I found a gap in the hedge fence I could climb through and paid my respects. Cheryl somewhat annoyed at my driving obsession to do what I had decided I wanted to do despite the dark and poor weather. Headed back for Ieper and ...
Row upon row they rest
... Hill 62 Memorial were both of interest in that they were notably different from other cemeteries. Later in the day we decided we wanted to deviate off the guided route to find Polygon Wood Cemetery that both Jen and Trina had spoken so highly of. As we had no road map to follow we followed our nose and I was thrilled to eventually find this special place. Both cemeteries in this location were particularly beautiful and we were so pleased to be ...
Age Shall Not Weary Them
... was another sombre area of endless loss that seems to be scattered all over the countryside of France and Belgium.
As part of the tour we also covered Hill 60 where the ‘underground’ war was started, outside Ieper. Phillip recommended reading ‘Bird Song’ so that might go onto the reading list as it is all about this particular area, and there is an Australian movie as well dedicated to it which I ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... white graves. It is from the countryside end that you enter the cemetary looking at the back of all the gravestones. When you see the front of them you start seeing a lot of unknowns, a lot of British, a smattering of Canadians and Australians and a couple of Germans. Some graves with a pile of stones atop are those of the Jewish dead; a meaning which has apparently been lost in time but more recently relates to those who have visited and paid their ...
Remembering WW-I history.....
... They were wounded in battle and were taken to a German Field Hospital for treatment. Both succumbed to their injuries and were therefore laid to rest with German troops.
During the drive to our next stop, we passed “Vancouver Corner”, with the very distinctive St. Julien Memorial and large statue of the “Brooding Soldier”, which was erected to commemorate the sacrifices of the Canadian 1st Division in that part of ...
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