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Tag: World War 1
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…
Very few original, intact WW1 trenches still exist
Evidence of the Great War is still visible on the landscape in…
Finding Frank… at the Menin Road South Cemetery, Ypres
In 1916, Menin Road was the route that Allied troops took from…
Finding Joseph… at the Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery in Souchez
Cabaret-Rouge is close to Vimy Ridge (France) and is one of a…
So many cemeteries… so much death…
The overwhelming thing about touring the countryside in Belgium and France is…
The Dominion British Cemetery (a.k.a. Finding Jack)
For the posts on Jack McEachern and group of men from Cabri/Mill…
Langemarck Cemetery and the first gas attack
The focus of our visit to France and Belgium has been on…
Last Post in Ypres, Belgium
We remember our war dead once a year on Nov 11th. The…
One Hundred Years After Vimy — Anniversary Celebrations
As mentioned in a bazillion previous posts, this year is the 100-year…
Arleux-en-Gohelle (a.k.a. Finding Max)
On April 28th, it will be exactly 100-years since my relative (Max…
World War 1: Taken on Strength to France (Part 8)
This is the eighth post in a series about a group of…