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RBCS Oldies trip to Ypres

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The Motley Crew


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Varlet Farm - home for the next five days - highly recommended
thanks again to our host David


Day 1

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Passchendaele New British Cemetery


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Tyn Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery the largest cemetary for Commonwealth forces in the world


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Passchendaele Museum


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Polygon Wood Cemetery


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'The Haunting' metal sculpture originally created at Dorset forge to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1
and displayed at the Great Dorset Steam Fair 2018. Currently on display behind the Menin Gate


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The Menin Gate where the Last Post ceremony occurs every night at 8p.m.


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Gardens and Memorials beside the Menin Gate


Day 2

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Hill 62 and Sanctuary Wood Museum 3D photo viewers


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the trench system here has been left as it was in 1918 - apart from Don


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Canadian Cemetery at Mount Sorrel near Hooge crater


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New Zealand Memorial Messine


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Irish Peace Park


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Mesen town - battle of Messines is believed to be the location of the Christmas Day football game


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Canadian Monument - The Brooding Soldier


Day 3

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German Cemetery nr Langemark-Poelkapelle - plaque for two British Soldiers buried there


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Essex Farm Cemetery nr Ypres - orginal field dressing station


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In Flanders Fields written by John McCrae


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Yorkshire Trench - Talbot House Poperinge


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Dozingham Military Cemetery - site of a field hospital


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Brandhoek New Military Cemetery


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Estaires Communal Cemetery


Day 4

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Pozieres in the Somme area


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Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme


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Lochnagar Crater Memorial


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Day 5

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Cloth Hall, Ypres before and after


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who said it was a good idea to climb to the top
well done Bob and Philip


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St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres


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