Battlefields Tour #4 - WWI

[debris4spike]

Our first stop on Wednesday morning was a visit to Tyne Cot Cemetery - the largest CWCG cemetery on The Ypres Salient. There are almost 12,000 graves of which over 8,000 are un-named. There are a total of 35,000 names on the memorial walls of those buried with no known grave.

The first time I went to this cemetery I was with Mum, Dad , Nick & Tim; and have been back again on a previous tour ... and however many times I visit, it is a very special time.






One of the German bunkers





















This is a special site for those from New Zealand ... and there memorial logo is special.


From there we went to The Brooding Soldier ... a memorial of the Canadians who were killed by gas attacks

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

The Brooding Soldier is such a powerful statue isn't it?

[debris4spike]

It is a beautiful image - and i actually prefer it to the Canadian Memorial at Vimy

[petrusplancius.livejournal.com]

I visited Tyne Cot with my mother about Tyne years ago and both of us found it extremely moving (in a way that I had not anticipated).

[debris4spike]

I know what you mean - this is my 3rd visit, and it is still hauntingly beautiful

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

I love that New Zealand memorial!! That's great!!

[debris4spike]

It is an amazing image, isn't it?

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Have you ever been to Vimy? It's one site that I've always wanted to go to as a Canadian. My husband did a choir tour of Europe in high school, and they sang at the Vimy memorial.

[debris4spike]

I went to Vimy back in 2018 (and have just checked, but realised I never posted some photos at the time)