So it’s a new year, and, thank heavens, 2020 is behind us. Lots of interesting stuff coming this year, whether I manage to get across the Channel or not, because there are still loads of places I have visited that I have yet to feature on this site. However, we begin with a very important post that, although short, has been a long time in the making. This picture shows smiling Tommies at Fleurbaix in May 1916, in the weeks leading up to the Battle of Fromelles. Every photograph of men such as these, at least for me, begs the question, somewhere in the back of my mind, as to the circumstances of their fate? How many of these seven men survived the war? How many survived the upcoming battle? Did any of them live happily ever after? Continue reading
