Just Had The Most Moving Experience

jims-terrano · 18-08-2014, 22:22

Just come back from a tour of WW1 battlefields in France and Belgium. It was one of the most moving humbling experience that I have ever known. The tour being so short was limited in both time and locations but a totally amazing experience. Attended the ceremony of last post at Menim Gate in Ypres. To see the amount of names on monuments such as Menim and Tyne Cot brings it home to you and those are just a fraction of the poor soles lost. To see the graves of unknown soldiers just simply saying "known only unto god" is one of the saddest things that I have ever seen. The monument at Vimy Ridge is simply stunning, the land around the monument is still covered in crators and fenced off because it is so dangerous due to munitions.
Because I had gone across there with a group I was too because to think about it most of the time. It is only now that Im home and sat quietly that I can truly think about the trip and yes it is very emotional.

18-08-2014, 22:22	#1
jims-terrano Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 12,965	Just Had The Most Moving Experience Just come back from a tour of WW1 battlefields in France and Belgium. It was one of the most moving humbling experience that I have ever known. The tour being so short was limited in both time and locations but a totally amazing experience. Attended the ceremony of last post at Menim Gate in Ypres. To see the amount of names on monuments such as Menim and Tyne Cot brings it home to you and those are just a fraction of the poor soles lost. To see the graves of unknown soldiers just simply saying "known only unto god" is one of the saddest things that I have ever seen. The monument at Vimy Ridge is simply stunning, the land around the monument is still covered in crators and fenced off because it is so dangerous due to munitions. Because I had gone across there with a group I was too because to think about it most of the time. It is only now that Im home and sat quietly that I can truly think about the trip and yes it is very emotional.