by Evelyn | Mar 29, 2022 | 2nd World War, The Great War, World War Two
by Evelyn McKechnie The Somme today is a place of great beauty and tranquility and a million miles removed from the horrors of the Great War 1914 – 1918. The war devastated many of its lovely towns and villages and the landscape was scarred beyond comprehension. It is...
by Evelyn | Dec 26, 2021 | The Great War
– sadly neither statement was to be true by Evelyn McKechnie 1914 It was the war to end all wars and it was going to be over by Christmas 1914 – sadly neither statement was to be true. The world had never known a conflict like it before. It was mass...
by Evelyn | Oct 30, 2021 | The Great War
“The soldiers’ graves are the greatest preachers of peace.” (Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate). by Evelyn McKechnie I have guided groups, large and small visiting the battlefields of France and Belgium for over 15 years. There are many personal stories...
by Evelyn | Sep 25, 2021 | The Great War
by Evelyn McKechnie Commonwealth Graves Cemetery An Ayrshire Mill Town Kilbirnie is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, with a population of around 7,500. Like so many small towns, it thrived in the past, but not so much now. In the mid 19th century,...
by Evelyn | Jun 16, 2020 | The Great War
‘Whisper its name’ by Evelyn McKechnie If you visit any of the small cemeteries scattered along the landscape Harris and Lewis, there is a date on many Commonwealth Grave headstones – 1st January 1919. That is how I found out about the sinking of the...
