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The brutality and confusion of Flanders Fields

If you Google “is Flanders Fields a real place,” the pre-baked Google…
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Who is buried in the Orchard Dump Cemetery? (a.k.a. Finding Max)

Note: The backstory of the Finding Max series can be found on…
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Very few original, intact WW1 trenches still exist

Evidence of the Great War is still visible on the landscape in…
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Finding Frank… at the Menin Road South Cemetery, Ypres

In 1916, Menin Road was the route that Allied troops took from…
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Finding Joseph… at the Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery in Souchez

Cabaret-Rouge is close to Vimy Ridge (France) and is one of a…
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So many cemeteries… so much death…

The overwhelming thing about touring the countryside in Belgium and France is…
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The Dominion British Cemetery (a.k.a. Finding Jack)

For the posts on Jack McEachern and group of men from Cabri/Mill…
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Langemarck Cemetery and the first gas attack

The focus of our visit to France and Belgium has been on…
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Last Post in Ypres, Belgium

We remember our war dead once a year on Nov 11th. The…
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One Hundred Years After Vimy — Anniversary Celebrations

As mentioned in a bazillion previous posts, this year is the 100-year…
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Arleux-en-Gohelle (a.k.a. Finding Max)

On April 28th, it will be exactly 100-years since my relative (Max…
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World War 1: Taken on Strength to France (Part 8)

This is the eighth post in a series about a group of…
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