Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery
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Taylor Williams relative lieutenant ec cousins. Sherwood Forrester. Died morning of last German offensive, died from a gas attack. Bombardments destroyed his body. Has no known grave.
Beaumont-Hamel 4
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Alex Hawe relative. Fought with Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Died at the age of 26.
Beaumont-Hamel 3
10. maaliskuuta 2018, Ranska ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Wellington trench.
Beaumont-Hamel 2
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Danger Tree. Was a plum tree. Artillery ineffective here. Majority of casualties occurred here. 86% casualty rate. 801 men 68 available at roll call next morning. Front line became Wellington trenchLue lisää
Beaumont-Hamel
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G. Barbour, seaman with Newfoundland royal navy reserve. Died one day before the end of the war. (Alex Hawe).
Average life span of a messenger in WW1 was 6 days.
Thiepval Memorial
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Constructed between 1929 to 1932.
Nine Elms Cemetery
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Kelowna resident JH Eastwood. On Rutland Cenotaph.
Vimy Ridge 5
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Joined Sept. 1915. Trained in Vernon. Private with 2nd Battalion. Killed a year later Sept.9 1916 by a grenade. Fighting with 4 men from Nakusp. All died on same night. Made the front page of townLue lisää
Vimy Ridge 4
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Vimy Ridge 3
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The trenches. Observation trench. 2 metres deeper. Duck boards in wood lining the trenches keep feet dry.
Vimy Ridge 2
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Hill 145 is where the monument is now - highest point in area. 7km of trench line. Every Canadian soldier after went through vimy. Preparation was key to success. 40000 maps to soldiers, replicas,Lue lisää
Vimy Ridge
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La Chaudiere
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Alex Hawe relative.
Loos Memorial
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Ruari Burns' relative. Thomas Burns, trained for 3 years, a very patriotic towards the British Empire. Died on the first day of battle in the Somme in 1916. No known grave.
Arras
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Hotel Moderne
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Vis en Artois Commonwealth Cemetery
9. maaliskuuta 2018, Ranska ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Alex Hawe relatives.
Reims Inside Pt. 2
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Reims Inside
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Reims
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Cathedral. 14th century was completed. Never finished as planned. Living symbol of avant of Jerusalem. WW1 nearly destroyed. 20 years to restore it. Continues to this day. 1223 1825 25 kings of FranceLue lisää
Verdun
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Oussaire Pt. 2
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Presentation by Aidan Bowler. Justin Banmen. Michael Hale.
Ft. De Vaux
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A village that was completely destroyed.
Oussaire
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Tranches de Bayonnettes
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