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This post on Pozieres Cemetery is part of a series on the Great War. This is a short one, but Pozieres is worth a visit. As well as a large Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, the town was the site of a fierce battle involving the Australians at the Pozieres Windmill, which you willContinue Reading “VISIT: Pozieres Cemetery”
This post on Notre Dame de Lorette is part of a series on the Great War sites of the Western Front in France and Belgium. Notre Dame de Lorette Notre Dame de Lorette is the French Military Cemetery in the area. It lies close to the village of Ablain St-Nazaire so you may seeContinue Reading “VISIT: Notre Dame de Lorette and L’Anneau de la mémoire”
Moeuvres British Cemetery lies just off the D34A a few kilometres Southwest of Cambrai. It is a small cemetery with only around one hundred graves. Most of these are Commonwealth troops, with a few unidentified burials and four German soldiers. This area was in German hands from 1917 until the final Allied pushContinue Reading “VISIT: Moeuvres Cemetery”
Arras City Centre The beautiful mediaeval town of Arras has not one but two gorgeous, Flemish-style central squares. It has the traditional cloth hall and belfry in Place des Heros. If you’re feeling limber and sound of knee, you could always climb the belfry. Since I’m not made of knees, I declined. Just around theContinue Reading “VISIT: Arras City Centre, Arras Memorial and Cemetery”
The Somme American Cemetery lies close to Bony, near the Aisne. It is one of the largest collections of American burials in France. It has a memorial chapel and a monumental flagpole along with over 1800 burials, marked by white marble crosses and other religious symbols. In the chapel the names of the missing lineContinue Reading “VISIT: Somme American Cemetery”
Lichfield Crater Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. As such, even though it is small, the site is beautifully tended with a pristine lawn. It was an ad hoc burial site during the war, with the number of burials sufficient to ensure that they were left in situ and the crater became anContinue Reading “VISIT: Lichfield Crater Cemetery”
