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My Weekend (Pt 1)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:38 pm
by TSC.
Hi all,

This weekend I popped over to Northern France with a couple of friends. We have been over to visit the World War 1 battlefields & some of the memorials.

Based in Arras for a couple of days we managed to visit a few of the more famous areas of the Somme.

This is the South African memorial at Delville Wood (Devils Wood):
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This tree is the only surviving tree in Delville Wood from the 1st World War:
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The stone placed in front of the tree:
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Delville Wood as it was left after the battle:
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Next, the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Cheers,

TSC.

Re: My Weekend (Pt 1)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:46 pm
by Craig.
I look forward to the pictures TSC I did the rounds of the WW1 battlefields and grave yards with my history class at school. A moving experience. I remember that one in your photos very well. It was a very cold very windy and snowy day when we visited. wind chill of somthing like -21*s C

Re: My Weekend (Pt 1)

PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:42 pm
by Ivan
We did a school excursion once to the excellent Ypres museum. Maybe one of the best WW1 museums in Belgium