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Happy
Laughing at a quip.
I always thought these windows
lent a sad demeanour to this old house.
Perhaps they knew the fate of the house.
It no longer exists.
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Finally, I have no known relatives who
perished on World War I Battlefields,
however, on more than one occasion
I found myself taking deep breaths
to suppress tears as I contemplated
the loss of life two World Wars
have inflicted on our planet.
I created this image of the
Thiepval Military Cemetery
for another challenge.
I often wonder if there are
unseen guardians at each cemetery.
The wall at the back of Belgium’s
Tyne-Cot Cemetery,
contains the names of 35,000 soldiers
who have no known grave.
This is the overflow from
Menin Gate at Ypres,
where another 54,000 names
are inscribed
Nearly a decade ago Fromelles’ mass graves
were discovered.
From these six graves
250 Australian and British Soldiers…
Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium contains
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