Then and Now .....90 years ago and today

[r.m.willis]

On 09/04/2009 at 12:46, MJohnson said:

Buzancy memorial 1919

Buzancy Memorial these days

I think this memorial was moved from its original location on the hillside above the cemetery, when the cemetery was created.

[Mike999]

OMG I have arrived in heaven! Then and now is my favourite thing. I have done many on ww2 but only a few on ww1. The picture below shows the volunteers in Minchinhampton (Gloucestershire) at the outbreak of war about to march to Stroud. The same view today shows the war memorial. Consider that many of these faces you see would end up on that war memorial where they were stood a few years before.

Edited 5 July , 2020 by Mike999
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[Mike999]

Another, the return of the Biggleswade PoWs -

 

Another, Etaples CWGC 1919 -

 

[BarbaraG]

James Thomas Gardiner Davidson - photograph  and note 'Test pilot Royal Air Force, killed while testing a new machine in France on July 5th.'

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10891375/james-thomas_gardiner-davidson

 

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/500461?James Thomas Gardiner Davidson

[Mike999]

55 minutes ago, BarbaraG said:

James Thomas Gardiner Davidson - photograph  and note 'Test pilot Royal Air Force, killed while testing a new machine in France on July 5th.'

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10891375/james-thomas_gardiner-davidson

 

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/500461?James Thomas Gardiner Davidson

Thank you Major Barbara! So nice to put a face to a name.