Ypres, Liss and Dad's day

This collection of photos are from the last few weeks and are all to do with remembrance of the wars of past and present. The first few photos are from our day trip to Ypres in Belgium to see the trenches and Cemeteries from World War 1.

There are also photos from The Remembrance parade in our local village of Liss in Hampshire that took place on the 9th of November.

Finally some of you regulars may have notice that my site hasn’t been updated for a few weeks. This is because a few weeks ago my Dad passed away. As a small tribute to him there are a few pictures of his final journey and resting place.

Jump to WW1 Trenches Jump to More of the trenches Jump to Tree of remembrance Jump to The Canadian Memorial Jump to The Maple tree Jump to Tyne Cot Jump to Cross of Sacrifice Jump to The entrance Jump to Ypres town Jump to Looking towards the Menin Gate Jump to Last post Jump to Liss, Hampshire. Jump to The Cadets Jump to Brownies, Guides, Scouts and Cubs Jump to Liss War Memorial Jump to Victoria waiting for a driver Jump to Dad's final journey Jump to Final resting place Jump to Tiggy the cat
WW1 Trenches

WW1 Trenches

This is a photo of some of the original trenches from WW1 at Sanctuary Wood near Ypres.

More of the trenches

More of the trenches

This is another picture of the trenches. It’s hard to believe what went on here and something that I think is how different it looks now to what it look like in 1914.

Tree of remembrance

Tree of remembrance

This is one of the trees that were damage all those years ago and now it's a place where many put their remembrance cross.

The Canadian Memorial

The Canadian Memorial

This is the memorial to the Canadian troops who played their part in World War 1.

The Maple tree

The Maple tree

One of the Maple trees that stand in the memorial grounds paying tribute to those Canadian soldiers.

Tyne Cot

Tyne Cot

This is The Tyne Cot Cemetery near Ypres; this is the largest commonwealth war cemetery in the world, for any war.

 

Cross of Sacrifice

Cross of Sacrifice

In the middle of all the head stones stands the memorial called “Cross of Sacrifice” which was built on top of a German pill box.

The entrance

The entrance

This is looking back towards the entrance gate, all those names either on the walls or on the head stones, you can’t help but be moved, I certainly was.

Ypres town

Ypres town

Ypres town centre is lovely, lots of character and some beautiful buildings.

Looking towards the Menin Gate

Looking towards the Menin Gate

Last post

Last post

The Menin Gate Memorial to the missing is on the Eastern exit of the town and is a memorial to 54,896 soldiers without graves. Every night at 8pm they close the road and the buglers from the Fire Brigade play The Last Post.

Liss, Hampshire.

Liss, Hampshire.

Back to England now and our village of Liss. November 9th, the remembrance parade for our village and we went and paid our respects.

The Cadets

The Cadets

Brownies, Guides, Scouts and Cubs

Brownies, Guides, Scouts and Cubs

Liss War Memorial

Liss War Memorial

Victoria waiting for a driver

Victoria waiting for a driver

Here Victoria is waiting as she had a very important job to do.

Dad's final journey

Dad's final journey

This was Victoria’s most important job of the year, taking my Dad to his final resting place and this was the way he had always wanted his final journey to be.

Final resting place

Final resting place

Dad’s final resting place after Victoria had done a fine job in taking him on his final, emotional journey.

Tiggy the cat

Tiggy the cat

We had a lovely ginger cat called Tiggy and my Dad loved her to pieces so we decided that the grandchildren would like to have one made out of flowers and this is it, she was beautiful, Dad would of loved her

R.I.P. Dad