Lille, Belgium

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The Western Front

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Kemmel

Looking back towards Kemmel

Unexploded WW1 bombs at farm gate

Bomb crater

Bayenwald

Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks Regt) cemetary nr Ploegsteert

Site of Christmas cease-fire soccer match between allies and Germany

Messines

Crater, Hill 60

Trench remains, Hill 60

Pillbox, Hill 60

Polygon Wood

Artillery shell hole, command bunker, Polygon Wood

Bomb disposal unit (white van in background). Unexploded bomb dug up during construction work at Passchendale Museum

Tyne Cot cemetary

Ypres

Menin Gate, Ypres

Ceremony, 8pm EVERY day

Names of fallen for whom no grave exists - one of the many similar walls

Ypres

V.C. Corner

Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles

"Don't forget me, cobber" - Sgt Fraser carries a wounded Australian

Pheasant Wood, Fromelles

French-British Tiepval Memorial, Fromelles

2nd Div memorial. The Windmill, Pozieres

1st Div memorial

Iocnagar bomb crater

Aveluy, This is where my grandfather Linton was wounded and "his little mate" Pte Josiah Doyle was killed when they were trying to blow up fish with Mills bombs (early hand grenades) from a "borrowed boat

Lock on the River Somme

Anzac Day Dawn Service, Villers-Bretonneux

Dawn service particpants waiting for their buses

Rue de Kanga, Peronne

2nd Div Memorial, Mont St. Quentin

Bullecourt Memorial

Talking to MMe. Durand AM. Mme Durand and her husband, a local school teacher were responsible for the establishment of this memorial which didn't exist until a few years ago. They both received Australia Medal honours for their work

Our tour guide/leader Annette Camalou and Mme Durand AM

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