David Ives Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 yesterday on the 90th aniversary of the end of the first world war i took part driving a coach tour around and managed to take a few photos of the places we stopped the first ones are of the menin gate at 11 am and althought the last photo dosnt show them very well poppy flowers were dropped out of the roof of the menin gate the entrance memorial at essex cemetary is the site that mccray wrote the poem (in flanders fields) the next set of photos are of the german cemetary at newmark and you can see that the headstones are flat instead of standing up final set of photos are at tyne cot cemetary which was the biggest of all the ypres cemetarys start of the tour essex cemetary john mccrays aid station german graves grave of the youngest killed in ww1 two ives whose bodies were never found but listed on the walls of tyne cot final pic of one of the stones at tyne cot showing the saying a soldier of the great war known unto god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 a link for the news story is here http://www.deredactie.be/cm/de.redactie.english/news/1.414679 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Many Thanks for posting these pic's, David. All the best, Andy. Also many thanks for attending Hailsham event, Sun 9th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 YOU LUCKY ************** Thanks for sharing a unique event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Nice one, Dave. Good call. I agree with Tony, totally jealous. Essex Farm looks good in any weather and Langemark is a strange old place because of the way the Germans use oak trees as part of their remembrance. The statue of the four soldiers at the back of the cemetery is a very sad looking thing. Tyne Cot must have been crowded. I would still have liked to have been there. But being at the Menin Gate would have been wonderful. Thanks a million for being there for us. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmer Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Thanks for posting the pics, looks like the weather was dreadful but from my own visits to the Ypres Salient, I know it does bring a certain reality to the situation, you can appreciate just how awful it must have been 90 years ago, if you don't believe, try walking across a farmers field after heavy rain and you'll soon have two balls of mud the size of footballs hanging off your boots. John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 the Somme mud is known as 6 inch mud, walk across a wet feild and your 6 inches taller at the end. It's very true visiting at this time of year will give you an even deeper respect for the men who served. cold wet miserable windswept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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