wellsms Posted 31 March , 2005 Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Hi, Ann, Chloe and myself will be staying in Albert (Basilique) and driving around in a Silver Landrover Discovery....... Is anyone else going to be over at the same time? cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnethmont Posted 3 April , 2005 Share Posted 3 April , 2005 Mike Any chance you are passing Louvencourt on the Doullens - Albert road ? I am trying to obtain some photos from the Military Cemetery there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 3 April , 2005 Share Posted 3 April , 2005 Jas If Mike can't, I can do at the end of the month. martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnethmont Posted 3 April , 2005 Share Posted 3 April , 2005 Jas If Mike can't, I can do at the end of the month. martin <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Martin Will supply details of casualty by e-mail during week if required. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsms Posted 4 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 4 April , 2005 Jas, Shouldn't be a problem. Email me the details today, as we're off early in the morning cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnethmont Posted 4 April , 2005 Share Posted 4 April , 2005 Jas, Shouldn't be a problem. Email me the details today, as we're off early in the morning cheers Mike <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Many thanks Mike. Have replied by e-mail with details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsms Posted 9 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 9 April , 2005 What a great trip..... in no particular order... Learnt loads, found places where soldiers we've researched were lost, weather was ok, having a 4x4 very useful, Hotel Basilique was fine, food was excellent, Avril was friendly, Le Tommy plate of chips was enormous, Thiepval very moving, Chloe laid a cross for Ben Duckworth - 8th East Lancs, new visitors centre excellent, Redan Ridge bleak on a windy day, Munich Trench and Waggon Road Cemetaries remembering Ben 16th November 1916 and his mates, found relics in Flatiron Copse - kept one cartridge case, Delville Wood peaceful in late afternoon sunshine, Devonshires still hold their trench, Newfoundland Park incredible, Serre Road No 2 so large, Guillemont Road remembering Thomas Brazandale 1/5 Kings Liverpool - 8th August 1916, over 150 photos, a couple blurred though - so we'll have to go back! cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnethmont Posted 9 April , 2005 Share Posted 9 April , 2005 Mike Thank you very much for taking time to get the photos, I will pass them on to his sister’s granddaughter, she will be delighted. The cemetery is beautiful and well cared for by CWGC, as is usual. It is a credit to them. Capt Begg was from an Aberdeenshire farming family and I feel sure he will feel quite at peace resting, as the photos show, in the midst of a farm / farmland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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