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- The Somme – Villers-Bretonneux Part One: Villers-Bretonneux Demarcation Stone June 3, 2017
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- The Road to Passchendaele Part Eleven – 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Memorial May 19, 2017
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The Somme: Villers-Bretonneux Part Four – Crucifix Corner Cemetery
The final destination on our tour of Villers-Bretonneaux can be found nestled among this small outcrop of trees and bushes a short distance south of the town (you can see the church spire on the horizon near the centre of … Continue reading
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The Somme: Villers-Bretonneux Part Three – Adelaide Cemetery
Adelaide Cemetery was begun in June 1918 by Australian units holding the line at Villers-Bretonneaux.
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The Somme: Villers-Bretonneux Part Two: Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial & Military Cemetery
Looking towards the Valley of the Somme, in the far distance, from the lawn that marks the western edge of the Australian National Memorial and Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneaux.
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I Prefer a Blond (but don’t tell the Missus)
Spent the afternoon photographing some local war memorials and churchyards that I hadn’t got around to visiting yet, and am now settling down in the Man-Cave to watch the Champions League Final. With a beer.
The Somme – Villers-Bretonneux Part One: Villers-Bretonneux Demarcation Stone
Surprise surprise! We find ourselves back on the Somme, but not, this time, to explore the battlefields of 1916. We are heading towards Villers-Bretonneux, where the Australian National Memorial, on what was once known simply as Hill 104, towers above … Continue reading
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The Road to Passchendaele Part Fourteen – Passchendaele New British Cemetery
We arrive at Passchendaele New British Cemetery beneath a glooming sky.
The Road to Passchendaele Part Thirteen – The Passchendaele Memorial
The Passchendaele Memorial can be found in the south western suburbs of Passchendaele, a small town now, as it extends along the various roads that meet in its centre.