by Evelyn | Aug 10, 2020 | The Great War
by Evelyn McKechnie This area of France is sometimes known as the ‘forgotten battlefields’ because Flanders and the Somme get more battlefield visitors, yet it is here on the Arras front that has over 150 British cemeteries, which bear testament to the huge losses. It...
by Evelyn | Jul 14, 2020 | The Great War
‘They had no choice’ by Evelyn McKechnie The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated – Mohandas Gandhi Peronne, a lovely town on the Somme in France, with ancient ramparts and lagoon, played host to an...
by Evelyn | Jun 27, 2020 | The Great War
By Evelyn McKechnie Television crew and archaeologists at Serre on the Somme in October 2003 So what happens to the missing when they are found, and should we go looking for them? The woman gently held the poppy petals clasped in her hand and waited. She was judging...
by Evelyn | Apr 25, 2020 | The Great War
by Evelyn McKechnie One of the locations in the Great War Battlefields of the Western Front app is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery. It has a commanding vista with wonderful views over the French countryside. Flying high in...
