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I'm off to the Somme the week after next, visiting Mametz, and various other battlefield sites, memorials and cemeteries. I'll be paying my respects to recently discovered family members who paid the ultimate sacrifice. If anyone wants me to pay respects ot take photographs of any specific headstones, I'll be more than happy to oblige if I can. It's an organised trip so the itinerary is set, but I intend travelling out in the evenings to a few sites in and around Amiens. Drop me a pm.
Hope you have a memorable and fulfilling experience it’s still on my bucket list but had a few ‘topsy turvy’ years shall we say so yet to get over there !!
Before I forget, though I must surely have mentioned this title before, you really need a copy of what I would regard as the best anthology of writings from the Western Front I’ve ever come across. I’ve got scores of similar collections on the shelves but this one stands head and shoulders above anything else I’ve acquired in forty-odd years of collecting.
The fact you can pick up a copy for as little as a few quid is astonishing value, theft almost!
An idea isn't responsible for those who believe in it.
You're doing something respectful...savior it...not for yourself but for them. They were exactly like you, me and everyone when they died. Full of so many good qualities...
Indeed, it's tragic when you look at the ages on the headstones and how cheaply lives were thrown away. Looking at the world today, we've still not learnt anything at all.
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