Travels on the Somme Part Nineteen – Amiens Cathedral

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Amiens.  The River Somme flows peacefully through the city on its way to the sea. Continue reading

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Travels on the Somme Part Seventeen – Pozières: The Tank Corps Memorial

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Across the road from the site of Pozières windmill… Continue reading

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Travels on the Somme Part Sixteen – Pozières Windmill

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For centuries, a windmill stood here on the crest of the Pozières Ridge. Continue reading

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Travels on the Somme Part Fifteen – Snapshots from the Road

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A curiosity of a post, this one.  A series of random photos taken over the course of a few days, stitched together to take you on a trip up the D929 from Albert to Bapaume.  Exciting, eh?  Well, we’ll see.  We begin a little way south west of Albert, the Golden Virgin atop the Basilica glittering through the haze ahead. Continue reading

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Travels on the Somme Part Fourteen – La Boisselle: The Lochnagar Crater

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The crater. Continue reading

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The Glorious Dead

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A recent comment on a post I published back in January about young Valentine Joe Strudwick piqued my interest; all your comments are interesting, of course they are, but you’ll see why I mention this one in particular.

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Travels on the Somme Part Thirteen – La Boisselle: The Glory Hole

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At the south western edge of La Boisselle, a right fork off the main road leads us on to the road to Contalmaison, a very short distance up which, on the right side of the road, and easily missed, actually, if you are unaware they’re there,… Continue reading

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