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Silent Cities: German Cemetery at Rancourt 1925

sommecourt wrote 5 days ago: While the work on British cemeteries was going on the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge had be … more →

Tags: Aftermath, battlefields, France, German Army, Germany, great war, Somme, Western Front, WW1

Silent Cities: Forceville 19211 comment

sommecourt wrote 1 week ago: As the clearance of the battlefields was coming to an end and the cemeteries established, work on ma … more →

Tags: Aftermath, battlefields, France, great war, Somme, Western Front, WW1, Forceville, silent cities

Silent Cities: Acheux British Cemetery 19202 comments

sommecourt wrote 2 weeks ago: The so-called ‘Silent Cities’, the soldier’s cemeteries of the Great War, numbered … more →

Tags: Aftermath, battlefields, France, great war, Somme, Western Front, WW1, 1920, Acheux

Day of Transport1 comment

sophiehelen87 wrote 2 weeks ago: So to get from Koh Phangan to Kanchanaburi we had to take a taxi, ferry, taxi, plane, taxi, bus … more →

Tags: Thailand, Asia, Ko Pha Ngan, pad thai, kanchanaburi, tiger temple, Tigers, Death Railway, Burma

ANZAC Day Nairobi style - guest blogger / photographer

pamgirlblog wrote 3 weeks ago: ANZAC Day blog comes courtesy of a guest blogger & photographer ~ my Dad, Glen Smith !  http://w … more →

Tags: April 2013, nairobi, ANZAC Day, Australian High Commission

Aftermath: Clearing The Dead at Ypres6 comments

sommecourt wrote 1 month ago: This unusual image from the early 1920s shows a British party from one of the Graves Registration un … more →

Tags: Belgium, Flanders, great war, Trenches, Western Front, WW1, Ypres, Aftermath, war graves

UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea

Carrie K wrote 3 months ago: I grew up touring war graves in Europe, and as an adult I have continued to tour war cemeteries acro … more →

Tags: Travel, Korea, Life, South Korea, Asia, UN, Korean War

The Orthodox Faith - Praying for the departed1 comment

robinjabraham wrote 3 months ago: Achen(Father/Priest) with the censer Achen  moving around the cemetery praying for each of the depar … more →

Tags: Faith, achen, cassock, Censer, Christianity, Delhi, Father, God, Great Lent

In Flanders Fields ...1 comment

drcorea wrote 4 months ago: In Flanders Fields …, ein Album auf Flickr. Pictures taken in summer 2012 during my visit of t … more →

Tags: Military History, Battlefield Tours, Ypres, World War I, Langemarck, Flandern

Battle of the Bulge - Sights 1 comment

drcorea wrote 4 months ago: This is an overview of different sights in the Ardennes related to the “Battle of the Bulge … more →

Tags: Military History, museum, bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, ardennes, military vehicle restoration, Military History Museum, Museums

Ypres Salient Car Route - French Military Cemetery12 comments

Ingrid D. wrote 5 months ago: We are approaching Ypres again: View Larger Map According to the guidebook, about 1.4 million French … more →

Tags: Belgium, Our Travels, Travel, Photography, History, World War I, Ypres, France, Wars and Conflicts

Remembrance: Those Who Are Remembered

sommecourt wrote 6 months ago: This radio recording dates from 11th November 1982 and on it Sir Robert Black, former Governer of Si … more →

Tags: WW1, Veterans, WW1 Centenary, WW2, Remembrance, CWGC

Remembrance: At A Comrade's Grave 1919

sommecourt wrote 6 months ago: On a weekend where Remembrance is on many peoples minds, this image for once needs little descriptio … more →

Tags: France, great war, Remembrance, WW1, 1914-1918, 1919, Bethune, war graves

Remembrance: Germany's War Dead2 comments

sommecourt wrote 6 months ago: While the 11th November 1918 was an end to the fighting for Great Britain and became the focal point … more →

Tags: WW1, great war, Western Front, German Army, Germany, Remembrance, war dead

Remembrance: A Woman Among The Sea of Wooden Crosses4 comments

sommecourt wrote 6 months ago: It is often forgotten how many families went to France and Flanders during the inter-war period; by … more →

Tags: WW1, great war, Western Front, Ypres, Flanders, battlefields, Women in WW1, Aftermath, Remembrance

Battlefields in WW2: The Menin Gate Revisited 19441 comment

sommecourt wrote 6 months ago: As the Germans were pushed back across Northern France in September 1944, they withdrew across the B … more →

Tags: WW1, great war, Western Front, Ypres, Flanders, war memorial, battlefields, Belgium, Aftermath

Battlefields in WW2: Thiepval Memorial Liberated 1944

sommecourt wrote 6 months ago: Following the landings on D-Day and the subsequent breakout from Normandy, the British and Commonwea … more →

Tags: WW1, great war, Western Front, Somme, France, war memorial, battlefields, Aftermath, WW2

Battlefields in WW2: A British War Cemetery in 1943

heathenramblings wrote 7 months ago: Reblogged from Great War Photos: In the years that followed 1940 most of mainland Europe was occupyi … more →

Tags: Images / Music / Video, Art / Books/ Film / Literature / TV, History / Current Events, death, War, World War 2, World War II, WW2, wwii

Battlefields in WW2: A British War Cemetery in 19431 comment

sommecourt wrote 7 months ago: In the years that followed 1940 most of mainland Europe was occupying by German forces. Many of the … more →

Tags: WW1, great war, Western Front, Somme, France, battlefields, WW1 Centenary, 2014-2018, WW2


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