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The last tommy
Andy the Landy:
Most disappointed I missed the programme :( . I used to take a lot of coach trips around the WW1 Battlefields.
The Menin Gate always used to be the highlight of the trips (if highlight is the right choice of word). Never seen so many emotional adults at 8pm every night as the last post is played. Brings a lump to my throat just thinking about it.
Mrs Muddy - a girl on one of our trips gave our guide (Neil) a peice of paper with her Great Grandfathers name and regiment on, a phone call to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and his resting place was found, took her to the cemetry and found his grave - not a dry eye on the coach
If anyone does get chance to visit, a trip to Toc H at Poperinge is a must
Bob696:
ever since I bought a land rover I have wanted to do one of these tours
http://www.kingsheadadventures.com/default.asp?id=160
one day I will
MrsMuddy:
Hi guy's thanks for the advice .
The reason i only know where his memorial is and not his grave is because he is in a mass grave.
He's at the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died around the 26th october 1917 aged 20 in the Battel of Passchendaele
South of Houthulst officers 1 killed, 1 wounded, 1 Missing
Other Ranks 15 Killed, 180 missing just from his battalion
beast5680:
I was lucky enough to have had a job in france for my last company that involved doing a demo to the war graves commision of a compost shredder at one of their sites, when we got to the site it was right next to the Anglo French memorial at Thiepval, once we had finished the job we had a look round, its very sombering wandering amongst the graves and reading the ages of the soldiers.
One of the problems the war graves commision had with composting was the french farmers would find old munitions in the ground and just chuck them in the compost pile for shredding :shock: it wasnt unheard of for a live artillery shell to go off as it went thru the shredder :shock: and they told us this after we had finished
Bush Tucker Man:
One of our Sisters goes there twice a year & now has a (2nd) home in a local village
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