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What Red Tape?
As I said to the pupils: "I didn't come all this way to be stopped by a bit of red tape!"
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Uploaded on Apr 4, 2007
Lochnagar Crater
Lochnagar still has the power to impress, and I fully intend to be standing on the rim of it at 7:28am on the 1st July 2016.
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Uploaded on Apr 4, 2007
51st Highland Division
Y-Ravine Cemetery
Thiepval Model
The actual Monument was being renovated so access was limited.
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Uploaded on Apr 4, 2007
Private John Kane
Sometimes there is a stark reminder that these stones represent real people.
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Uploaded on Apr 4, 2007
The Roll Of Honour
Most of the pupils became very adroit at finding their own surname in the roll of honour at each...
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Uploaded on Apr 4, 2007
Albert Atac
The Kameradengrab at Langemark
The mass grave at Langemark is, to me, one of the really emotional moments on the trip.
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Uploaded on Mar 31, 2007
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Langemark
Solemn stone crosses are just about the only visible indication of Langemark's purpose.
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Uploaded on Mar 31, 2007
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Tyne Cot Headstones
Tyne Cot Gift
There is an immense comfort to be had from the thought that these cemeteries are here to stay.
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Uploaded on Mar 31, 2007
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The Menin Gate
The Memorial to the missing of the Ypres Salient. There are roughly 55,000 names are carved on it and...
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Uploaded on Mar 31, 2007
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Canadian Gas Memorial
This striking statue is one of my favourites. It was almost placed in London as the National Memorial, but lost out to The Cenotaph.
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Uploaded on Mar 31, 2007
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