I have been to many of the WW1 ( and WW2) cemeteries .
They are extremely moving.
Also they all have a beautiful aura of calm, and peace; very fitting for the last resting place of young men who died in such horrific ways.
Thiepval is also moving; particularly the great arch memorial; where are inscribed the names of more than 70,000 men who were never found .
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"Not to Tyne Cot but to Flanders Fields cemeteries. It's very somber and quiet there, seemed peaceful though. in flanders fields the poppeies blow
Between the crosses row by row"
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
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"Not to Tyne Cot but to Flanders Fields cemeteries. It's very somber and quiet there, seemed peaceful though. in flanders fields the poppeies blow
Between the crosses row by row
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
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i spend a lot of time in flanders but only once has it been timed when the poppy fields are in full bloom going down from gent to ypes |
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One of the most moving places is at Serre; where on the first day of the Somme offensive; 4 of the "Pals" battalions ( Sheffields, Accringtons, Leeds and Bradfords) went "over the top" and were mown down before they had got more than a few hundred yards.
There are memorials there, and the cemeteries in the fields where the lads are buried almost where they fell. |
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"I have been to many of the WW1 ( and WW2) cemeteries .
They are extremely moving.
Also they all have a beautiful aura of calm, and peace; very fitting for the last resting place of young men who died in such horrific ways.
Thiepval is also moving; particularly the great arch memorial; where are inscribed the names of more than 70,000 men who were never found .
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+1 for Thiepval. Also the Newfoundlanders park. The German one with the Thousands of black crosses all with around 4 people in each grave. Crosses as far as you can see. Most touching i found was a very small cemetery where the remains of a battalion that had been sent in waves to take a town. They didn't know it was defended by machine gun. And they all died in the same place. Each wave.
Word goes out to the Chinese cemetry though. Basically starved to death as the British didn't really know what to feed them. |
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"Recommend the in Flanders field museum in Ypres.
Always big crowds at the Menhin gate ceremony. "
when did you last go to the museum? I preferred it how it was but thats just me as i dont like all the interactive stuff. But i can see why everyone else would
18 months they took to renivate that museum |
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Not been there, visited two American ones.
Didn't think much until I read the names and dates. Started crying, below my feet is a father/mother, son/daughter, brother/sister, cousin, best friend, fiancé, lover.. |
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We went to tynecot last year. It was peaceful and very humbling .
Made us realise how lucky we are to be alive now , them poor souls were only young and went through hell so we can live free . |
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Hard to describe the feeling. A sense of pride, loss, woeful waste of men, sadness.
When we were there, I didn't think I would ever have that feeling ever again, but we went to listen to the last post at Menin gate in the evening, I'm not ashamed to say, I cried that night |
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