pferguson | July 31, 2022
St. George’s Memorial Church It is one of many places to commemorate the Great War. Filled with memorials to soldiers, regiments and associaitons. President Sir John French, Earl of Ypres and the president of The Ypres League led the appeal. The town of Ypres (Ieper) gifted the property and on 24 July 1927 Lord Herbert […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: Menin Gate Memorial, Reverend Ray Jones, Sir John French, St. George's Memorial Church, Ypres, Ypres League
pferguson | November 7, 2019
Bornes du Front, Demarcatiepalen, Demarcation Stone On occasion, while wandering the hurt landscapes of France and Flanders the visitor will happen upon one of French sculptor, Paul Moreau-Vautheir’s demarcation stones introduced to this fractured landscape in 1921. Dotted intermittently along significant sites of the Western Front in France and Belgium, the stones are known to […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: Battle of Verdun, Demarcation Stone, General Phillipe Pétain, Lankhof Farm, Paul Moreau-Vautheir, Touring Club de Belgique, Touring Club of France, Ypres League