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Wimereux Communal Cemetery, John McCrae

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PaulReed	Posted: October 10, 2009 09:58 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	The cemetery. (IMG:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3981467052_89c0509e65_b.jpg) -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

PaulReed	Posted: October 10, 2009 09:59 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	John McCrae's grave. (IMG:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3980705071_3b49360a12_b.jpg) -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

PaulReed	Posted: October 10, 2009 10:00 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	Nearby inscription. (IMG:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/3981466332_c68feeff36_b.jpg) -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

PaulReed	Posted: October 10, 2009 10:01 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	Official plaque. (IMG:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3981468006_8aa2d0148f_b.jpg) -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

PaulReed	Posted: October 10, 2009 10:03 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	The man himself. (IMG:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/3005878482_179739f69f_o.jpg) -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

jainvince	Posted: October 11, 2009 10:20 pm
Frequent Contributor Group: Members Posts: 483 Member No.: 114 Joined: August 26, 2007	Thanks Paul, excellent post nad pictures. As I am 'down under' for a few days and don't have my books etc., can someone advise why the headstones are lay down? Also, where is the cemetery? Bernard

PaulReed	Posted: October 12, 2009 11:23 am
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	Wimereux is on the French coast, near Boulogne. The headstones are flat due to the sandy nature of the soil, which is said not to be strong enough to support the usual concrete battons that support the headstones. There are some standing upright, such as this one. (IMG:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3980704375_83d5a4ec13.jpg) -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

JoeW	Posted: October 12, 2009 10:48 pm
Frequent Contributor Group: Members Posts: 33 Member No.: 129 Joined: October 29, 2007	Good one Paul. It puts a face to the author of the best feeling "prayer" Regards Joe -------------------- " One minute of This is worth a Lifetime of Ordinary Time" 982 Cpl. C L Wallis C Coy 33rd Battalion AIF . DOW 23/7/1917 896 L/Cpl M J Wallis M.M. C Coy 33rd Battalion AIF 1932 Pte L O Wallis C Coy 33rd Battalion & 3rd MG Coy AIF

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Posted: October 13, 2009 09:36 pm

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QUOTE (PaulReed @ October 12, 2009 10:23 am)

Wimereux is on the French coast, near Boulogne. The headstones are flat due to the sandy nature of the soil, which is said not to be strong enough to support the usual concrete battons that support the headstones.

There are some standing upright, such as this one.

(IMG:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3980704375_83d5a4ec13.jpg)

Hi Paul

Ref ; Your picture of standing stone thomas trench ( apt name perhaps ) aged 55 cannot make out his rank . do you no anymore on this man .

Dave.

PaulReed	Posted: October 13, 2009 10:52 pm
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 863 Member No.: 1 Joined: October 23, 2006	He's an Imperial War Graves Commission gardener who died in the 1920s, who had served as a CQMS in 22nd Northumberland Fusiliers and had been wounded and discharged. -------------------- Passchendaele Remembered: my new site for the 90th Anniversary - http://www.ypres-1917.com/ "He saw beyond the filth of battle and thought death a fair price to pay to belong to the company of these fellows..."

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