Post by oscardelta on Jun 5, 2016 10:04:06 GMT
This is an opportunity for visiting WW1 and WW2 sites across France.
Particularly as fans will be based for a short period of time in Northern France.
Now have done
Flanders -------- very close to Lillle / Lens
Somme.............. between Paris / Lille/Lens
Normandy................ bit further field but can be done on journey to ports or after Lens along coast.
From a Welsh perspective many of the Mulberry harbours pieces built in South Wales shipyards are still evident, testament to build quality and the blood sweat and tears put in.
www.greatwar.co.uk/article/visit-1ww-battlefields.htm
There is so much resources around on the Net plus lots of visitors centres.
www.cwgc.org/
Commonwealth War graves site is a great resource because it allows search by name, town, village etc
On my first visit to the Flanders I looked up place where I am from in Ireland and someone had compiled names of the people who never came home, visited the grave or found the place on the memorial of every single one. Some I doubt have ever had a visit from family.
No need to visit all, just maybe find a long lost relative or person from village, town that can stop in and pay respects to.
Sheer volume of names on some of the memorials is sobering and knowing that in some battles more people died in a week that will fill the biggest stadium in France.
100 years on we will never know what Humanity could have gained from those who never returned on all sides.
When visiting I have visited a Cemetery and remembered whom is buried there, this includes German Cemeterys and others because all of us lose in War.
Particularly as fans will be based for a short period of time in Northern France.
Now have done
Flanders -------- very close to Lillle / Lens
Somme.............. between Paris / Lille/Lens
Normandy................ bit further field but can be done on journey to ports or after Lens along coast.
From a Welsh perspective many of the Mulberry harbours pieces built in South Wales shipyards are still evident, testament to build quality and the blood sweat and tears put in.
www.greatwar.co.uk/article/visit-1ww-battlefields.htm
There is so much resources around on the Net plus lots of visitors centres.
www.cwgc.org/
Commonwealth War graves site is a great resource because it allows search by name, town, village etc
On my first visit to the Flanders I looked up place where I am from in Ireland and someone had compiled names of the people who never came home, visited the grave or found the place on the memorial of every single one. Some I doubt have ever had a visit from family.
No need to visit all, just maybe find a long lost relative or person from village, town that can stop in and pay respects to.
Sheer volume of names on some of the memorials is sobering and knowing that in some battles more people died in a week that will fill the biggest stadium in France.
100 years on we will never know what Humanity could have gained from those who never returned on all sides.
When visiting I have visited a Cemetery and remembered whom is buried there, this includes German Cemeterys and others because all of us lose in War.
