War graves 1914 in France

We were travelling along the D929 from the city of Amiens towards Bapaume in the Somme region of France.

It is a very straight road quiet by UK standards just miles of open fields.

It is hard to imagine some of the worst Fighting in the Somme took place here.

At Warlencourt and Eaucourt-L'Abbaye in 1916. It not till you see graveyards at the side of the road and in the fields that it hits you just how many people were killed.

The Warlencourt British Cemetery has about 3500 graves and this is just one of many.

When you walk around you notice the age of the soldiers not many were over 24 years old.We saw the graves of two brothers from South Africa also soldiers from New Zealand, Austrailia and Canada. A holder of the V.C. Sgt Donald Forrester BROWN, V.C. Killed in action 1st Oct. 1916, aged 26

Graves of the Fifth and Fourth Army 21 March to 7 August 1916 soldiers and officers and those with no graves.

Rows and rows of immaculate maintained graves This site is just outside the town of Albert

Google street map you can see the War graves on the left.If you pan round you can not imagine this was a battlefield

WW2 Sites in France:

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  Pegasus Bridge museum,photos of our visit to this historical site

  Pegasus Bridge museum our visit to this interesting museum in Normandy photos and guide.Hotel and gite accomm for your holidays in the area

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  The blockhaus at Eperlecques V2 rocket site,photos

  The Blockhaus in the forest of Eperlecques V2 rocket site photos of our visit and travel guide

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  The Battery Todt Museum France,photos and guide of our visit

  The Battery Todt Museum in Northern France see our photos and guide.To the Atlantic Wall Museum WW2 site near Calais

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  The Battery Todt France,WWll bunker,photos

  The Battery Todt in northern France and WWll gun our visit to the bunker see our photos and guide

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  Airbourne Museum Sainte Mere Eglise France Normandy

  Airbourne Museum in Sainte Mere Eglise information and photos of our recent trip. To this famous WW2 village in Normandy France

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