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A corner of a foreign field

Posted on November 11, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

In the approach to Remembrance Sunday, I asked reader and contributor David Evans if he would like to write a piece on his experience of the war cemeteries he visits in northern Europe. David kindly obliged.

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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall Wood stuff | Tagged Battle, Belgium, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Events, France, Gate, Great War, Local History, Menin, New Photos, Paschendale, Remembrance, Walsall Wood, war, Wijtschate, WW 1, Ypres | 4 Comments
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