pferguson | September 25, 2016
Ypres Day One of Five The train arrives at Lille once again and I am most pleased to be back on this familiar expedition towards the Ypres Salient. As our driver takes us on our journey past drifting towns, villages and landmarks he is careful to avoid the many sail-less bicycles drifting to and fro on this […]
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pferguson | July 25, 2014
Searching for the Great War 100 Years Later “Some wars name themselves…This is the Great War. It names itself.” Maclean’s Magazine, October 1914, p. 53 “Every intelligent person in the world knew that disaster was impending and knew no way to avoid it.” H.G. Wells (Writer) “…an old world of swords, lances and bugles would […]
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Tags: 100th Anniversaries, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, France and Flanders, Great War, H.G. Wells, In Flanders Fields Museum, MacLean's Magazine, Maple Copse, Passchendaele, Poppies, Richard Holmes, Vimy Ridge, Waterfields, Westwold, What Will Be Remembered