Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

We shall remember them...

These are just a few photos from our 2008 trip to France and Belgium where we toured the many cemeteries of World War 1.  So many lost, so many families forever changed. 

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The Essex Farm Cemetery.  It was here that John McCrea wrote 'In Flanders Fields'.

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A small glimpse of the 60,000 names on the Menin Gate.

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Tyne Cot Cemetry is largest Commonwealth Cemetery. 

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A.A Vearing
Be Not Far From Me |  For Trouble Is Near  | There Is No One To Help Me.

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A. Mc Lean, Age 23 - 2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
Noble Duty .  Nobly Done . Greater Love Than This Has None . To Die That We May Live

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Samuel Howard
His Name Is Written In Letters Of Love On The Hearts He Has Left At Home.

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W. S. Liddle, Age 23. 
We Soon Again Shall Meet Around The Saviour's Feet.

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J. Watson, Age 22.
We Shall Meet On That Beautiful Shore.

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Thomas Noon - My great-grandfather.

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Vimy Ridge

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Some of the 11,000 names of missing Canadians.