pferguson | December 28, 2018
The Soldier If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body […]
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Tags: A Richer Dust Concealed, Earth, Heaven, In That Rich Earth, Poetry, Rupert Brooke, The Soldier, Valley Cemetery (France)
pferguson | February 16, 2012
A Richer Dust Concealed The recent discovery of 21 German soldier’s bodies at Carspach on the south-eastern portion of the Western Front is truly remarkable. With their virtually intact and well preserved trench and underground shelter, this amazing site should be declared a world heritage site. After all it is wooden structures, such as these, that are […]
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Tags: Boesinghe, Carspach, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Fromelles, Interpretive Centre, Pompeii of the Western Front, Remembrance, Rupert Brooke, The Dead, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Visitors Centre