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Behind the Lines in Montreuil-sur-Mer
August 2014 marked the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War. The world’s most intense trench warfare and loss of life took place between …
Visiting key sites of the Great War in France by coach
I have always had a great interest in the events of the First World War. As a child, I grew up with the culture of …
Ypres and the Menin Gate Memorial
Standing under the great arch that is the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, I am surrounded by hundreds of people and yet it is silent. …
Anzac Day at Villers-Bretonneux in France
On 25th April each year L’ANZAC Day memorial meetings takes place at Villers-Bretonneux in Picardy, northern France. New Zealand expat in France, Donna Kerridge reports …
France Twenty Fourteen| Remembering the Great War
The north east corner of France, Nord-Pas de Calais, and the rest of France will, in August 2014, be commemorating a century since the start …
D-Day Anniversary football match – the Liberty Tournament
For the past several years in August, a soccer club located in Lower Normandy: the “Reveil Saint Germain de Courseulles” has hosted a soccer tournament …
70th Anniversary of D-Day Normandy
To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the ensuing 100 days of the Battle of Normandy, the region of Normandy will be …
The Deborah Tank at Flesquières, France
I was fortunate to be invited to meet a French man with a passion for the history of World War I, a man who …
World War 2 Sites Dunkirk
We look at some of the most visited Word War II memorial sites in Dunkirk. The town of Dunkerque on the northern tip of France …
Wilfred Owen remembered at a Forester’s House in France
From 1914-1918, hundreds of thousands of soldiers got their last glimpse of Britain from Kent’s Channel ports as they were packed onto troop ships to …