bobsummers
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
View attachment 57696View attachment 57695View attachment 57694View attachment 57693View attachment 576924 ex Brummies including myself visited the area for a week at the beginning of September. It was a very knowledgeable and humbling experience for us all. Many Brummies died in this area in the "Trenches" which must have taken a large amount of young men out of the Birmingham area 1914-18. I new nothing about this terrible war, as we had no history tuition on either of the world wars at my time at school.
We visited both German and Allied trenches in the area of Belgium and northern France.
We went to all the Big craters caused by bombs mined under the German trenches, both allied and German cemeteries. Also visited the field where both sides played a football match over the Xmas period and guess what the Germans won 3-2. I would like to share some photos with you all as a tribute to our fore fathers that died to keep us free of tyranny.
We visited both German and Allied trenches in the area of Belgium and northern France.
We went to all the Big craters caused by bombs mined under the German trenches, both allied and German cemeteries. Also visited the field where both sides played a football match over the Xmas period and guess what the Germans won 3-2. I would like to share some photos with you all as a tribute to our fore fathers that died to keep us free of tyranny.