We left the Somme to go north, northeastwards along a road which is built to follow the 1916 frontline. Memorials all the way, sobering but very worthwhile. it is all so well looked after and respected by the French.
Friday, 31 May 2013
The Somme
After Paris and then a rainy day spent in Chantilly (horse racing) town we moved on to the wide open fields of northern France. Checked up on a Great-uncle CDGilroy Fowler killed in action on the Somme in 1918 aged 26. He is buried in a military cemetery in a spectacularly peaceful field in Bertrancourt, there is nothing around for miles, just fields but they have planted a small stand of trees along 2 sides of the cemetery so you can only hear birds and see sky amd green fields. Talk about RIP. There is a little brass cupboard containing a register and all the information available about the battle etc. 25 other NZers there of 386. There are over 1000 of these sites in the Somme, every one of them immaculately kept. we left a message in the visitors book 95 yrs on.
We left the Somme to go north, northeastwards along a road which is built to follow the 1916 frontline. Memorials all the way, sobering but very worthwhile. it is all so well looked after and respected by the French.
We left the Somme to go north, northeastwards along a road which is built to follow the 1916 frontline. Memorials all the way, sobering but very worthwhile. it is all so well looked after and respected by the French.
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Hey you two. I just read through all the blogs - laughing out loud as I went Good on you, what a great thing to do and great shot of brother twiddling and pondering. Rachel looking like your have a great time too. Have you checked out the Paeschendale battle site stuff at all? - that is where Grandpop Luscombe spend a long hideous time in WW1. love to you both from Alice Springs
ReplyDelete'scuse typos and it's me, Kay in Alice xx
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