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Western Front WW I
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I am fairly certain we have a similar potted planted.
However, this shot was taken in Belgium during my visit
to the Western Front in May/June 2017.
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Not the first time I have posted this photo…
however, even though I have created the ‘extras’, in this image,
I’m sure there are spirits of the fallen, lost and missing
standing guard over these cemeteries.
This is at the Thiepval Memorial for the missing
on the Somme Battlefields (1914-1918).
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Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge: Supernatural
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Canola crops… 
all sport a verdant green undergrowth.
One of the shrubs in our garden.
On a more sombre note, on the far side of this field,
just before Pheasant Woods
was the site of mass grave in which
nearly 200 Australian soldiers were buried
after the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916.
It was indeed difficult to believe that
these Bullecourt fields were the sight of…
some bloody battles during World War I.
If my memory serves me well it is this field
where Australian/allied soldiers were ordered to advance
from the right, the lower ground,
to the German Army on the left, the higher ground.
They were ordered to walk ‘bolt up right’
into the might of the German military,
and not take any precautions for their own safety.
It was not until many waves of soldiers had been killed
that the British Officers said it would be okay for
soldiers to advance and try to protect their own lives as well.
It still brings tears to my eyes when I look at these scenes
and think about what happened there so long ago.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Verdant
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In June 2017, I visited France for a short tour of
the Western Front Battlefields
where my Grandfather served
during The Great War.
One of the Battles which has made headlines
in Australia over recent years is
the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916.
After that battle 250 Australian soldiers were buried
in mass graves just this side
of the Pheasant Wood treeline.
In 2009 these graves were discovered and
remains exhumed and re-buried in
the new Fromelles Military Cemetery.
However, it was not until 2016 that one of
the soldiers was identified as
being MGW’s (Maternal) Grandmother’s relatives.
According to this 2016 article there are
still 100 australian soldiers who remain
unidentified at Fromelles.
Although not related to this soldier it was an
honour and a privilege to be able to visit his grave
and bring back some images for his family.
Every man, woman and child involved in
those years of two Wars is a hero in my opinion.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Hero
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Floral Friday Challenge.
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A planter box…
at a coffee shop…
on The Western Front Battlefields…
in France.
June 2017
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Floral Friday
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