Ypres Belgium

I'm off with Hindley veterans tomorrow 4am pickup at Ince...travelling to Ypres..staying 4 Days ..visiting the Somme in France...Passiondale Cemetery..Laying a wreath at Menin Gate Saturday..if anyone has a distant relative at Passiondale...let me know and I will pass on your respects.

Total respect to you BB

Billinge Biker

Having been to Ypres, Passiondale Cemetry, the Somme and the Menin Gate myself together with my Wife, I hope you have a great weekend paying your repects to all the brave young men who lost their lives in the first world war.

Certinly brought a tear to my Wife and i when we visted the cemetries and saw the graves, some of whom were so young.

We will remember them!

Ypres!

tonker

Show a bit of respect, if it was not for them and the others in world war two you would not be here making your idioctic comments etc.

How do you know? You're only speculating!
If I want to make light of a city in Belgium, I will do so.
It isn't disrespectful either !

Overseas they have more respect for the war graves and they are well maintained . Over here some grave yards are overgrown and totally inaccessible

The war cemeteries are kept in good shape because the commonwealth war graves society pay for them to be looked after it's not because Johnny foreinger has more respect.
I visited the one close to the river Kwai in Thailand and Kranji in Singapore and one I Wellington New Zealand and yes they are all immaculate.

Peter P

You are correct in what you have said about people in other countries showing more respect by their maintainance of the graves.

Perhaps having had battles going on around them and being occupied by a brutal regine might be the reason!

big herald

The graves are indeed paid for by the Commonwealth Graves Commission, but it is the Johnny Foreigners who are willingly maintaining them!

Avez vous du chou rouge?

nous nous soviendrons d'eux (translated "We shell we remember them"

Which the french do on a friday evening at 5.00 pm at their Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triumph as my Wife and I witnessed when we were in Paris!

Tommy's Lot

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tonker

Show a bit of respect,

He's always ruining threads

Basil Brush

Seconded!

Back in blighty...a true and humbling experience to witness the last post at Menin gate...Respects and thanks were given at Tyne Cot.. the town of Ypres is beautiful and the Flanders museum a must. Highly recommended

Glad you found that a solemn experience which it surely was.

Despite that though, Mr Biker, I hope you had a happy birthday.

Yes thanks Mollie....all was going fine on the trip home on the 26th till we heard of that Liverpool tragedy.

"Come to the Vicarage Lawn, Boys, Come to the Vicarage Lawn" !