by Evelyn | Dec 28, 2023 | The Great War
These are sites of Great War interest, located around the small hamlet of Mesen, located at the southern end of the Messines Ridge, in Flanders, Belgium. They are some of the most picturesque and stunning locations in the Western Front – Lest We Forget. Mesen...
by Evelyn | Sep 29, 2023 | Loos, The Great War, Victoria Cross
Three Cemeteries on the Loos Battlefields Loos – St Mary’s Advanced Dressing Station – John Kipling St Mary’s Advanced Dressing Station – Loos St Mary’s Advanced Dressing Station was established during the Battle of Loos in...
by Evelyn | Jun 21, 2023 | The Great War
THE TRAGEDY OF ST OMER ‘Sad’ Nurses Row at Longuenesse, St Omer – Northern Franceby Evelyn McKechnie Four Scottish nurses were killed by enemy bombing on the night of 30th September 1917 at St Omer. Two were VADS and two were from the Territorial...
by Evelyn | Apr 3, 2023 | The Great War
“The soldiers’ graves are the greatest preachers of peace.” (Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate). This cemetery was first laid out by German soldiers in 1914 for those killed in the battle of the Yser. In 1914 Flanders became a battlefield and it was here...
by Evelyn | Jul 31, 2022 | Featured, Glasgow, Scotland, Scots, The Great War, Victoria Cross, WomensHistory
Lambhill Cemetery, Western Necropolis and St Kentigerns Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland by Evelyn McKechnie There are three vast cemeteries north of Glasgow, all adjoining which are the final resting place of 1027 souls who fought in two World Wars. Four servicemen are...
