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gassed Canadians and Flanders Fields
The plaque here says it all at St Julien:
The "Brooding Soldier" at St Julien. The French abandoned theior trenches and pegged it. The Canadians stood firm, and held the line.
Not too far away is the Essex Farm Cemetary, with restored dressing station, memorial to the West Riding 49th Div, and the bronze plaque of John McCrae's poem "In Flanders' Fields". McCrae is said to have written this poem in April 1915 at the site, after his friend had been blown to bits by a direct shell hit.
The restored dressing station (Sandbags are now concrete) Photobucket refuses to rotate this image after 4 attempts, so just hold your screen at 90 degrees rotation to the right please
Inside one of the aid stations. Roof height at the back is about 4 foot:
This is the memorial to the West Riding 49th Division, a Territorial (TA) Division from Yorkshire who were one of the first over to Belgium in 1915, and who copped for one of the first phosgene gas attacks. This is on the canal bank, overlooking Essex Farm cemetary, and borders the canal bank which served as the front line.
More in a bit....
The plaque here says it all at St Julien:
The "Brooding Soldier" at St Julien. The French abandoned theior trenches and pegged it. The Canadians stood firm, and held the line.
Not too far away is the Essex Farm Cemetary, with restored dressing station, memorial to the West Riding 49th Div, and the bronze plaque of John McCrae's poem "In Flanders' Fields". McCrae is said to have written this poem in April 1915 at the site, after his friend had been blown to bits by a direct shell hit.
The restored dressing station (Sandbags are now concrete) Photobucket refuses to rotate this image after 4 attempts, so just hold your screen at 90 degrees rotation to the right please
Inside one of the aid stations. Roof height at the back is about 4 foot:
This is the memorial to the West Riding 49th Division, a Territorial (TA) Division from Yorkshire who were one of the first over to Belgium in 1915, and who copped for one of the first phosgene gas attacks. This is on the canal bank, overlooking Essex Farm cemetary, and borders the canal bank which served as the front line.
More in a bit....
