bardicastle
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last year went on trip to belguim with few mates stayed in leper done all the cemeteries british,german,french,indian,and portuguese "dont think i left anyone out" and it was an eye opener as i have never seen so many graves especailly in such a small area, then we decided to head down to vimy to see the canadian memorial the size of it was amazing and all the no go area around the site as it was still full of unexploded chemical and normal bombs. we were told to go to a church called Notre Dame de Lorette,off we went again. When we arrived i was amazed again at the beauty of the place and the french ex servicemen which looked after the place all year round, in front of the church was a building best discribed as a lighthouse inside was
two ex servicemen standing guard over the coffins of six unknown soldiers and a very small coffin containing the ashes of the jews from the germany concentration camps for me it was a bit to much and was overwhelming
which is not like me, but it was for me the highlight of the trip.
so if your down that way take a look it's well worth the trip.
have you visited any of these and what did you think?
http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_lorette.htm
two ex servicemen standing guard over the coffins of six unknown soldiers and a very small coffin containing the ashes of the jews from the germany concentration camps for me it was a bit to much and was overwhelming
which is not like me, but it was for me the highlight of the trip.so if your down that way take a look it's well worth the trip.
have you visited any of these and what did you think?
http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_lorette.htm
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