Saturday 7 September 2019

A moment of reflection.

Commonwealth graves in Saint Imoges
churchyard

On the way to Alsace we stopped in Saint Imoges and shared a flask of coffee on a bench opposite the Mairie. We walked around the churchyard which contained so many graves, both French and British all dating from a few days in July 1918  - the last great push which helped bring that war to a close a few months later. So sad to think of so many lives on all sides cut short.
The headstones marking the graves of British war dead are so beautiful, carved out of Portland Stone.



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