SOMME BATTLEFIELD TOURS LTD 

AWARD WINNING SELF-DRIVE TOURS TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF
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THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
 

             MEMORIAL PAGE

  		 

 
 

 

This is our small tribute in memory of
everyone who suffered in
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
 



Menin Gate and
the names of the missing.
(click to enlarge)
Click here to listen to the Last Post.
 



Click here to listen to
those who were there.


The German missing
Langemark Cemetery, Ypres
(click to enlarge)

 



Thiepval Memorial
and the names of the missing
(click to enlarge)


This most moving poem was written by E. A. Mackintosh (1893-1917) who served as an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders from December 1914. He played the pipes, spoke Gaelic, and was loved by his men who affectionately called him "Tosh." For his part, Mackintosh returned that love. On May 16th 1916 he carried wounded Private David Sutherland through 100 yards of German trenches with the Germans in hot pursuit. However, before Mackintosh could bring him to friendly trenches, Private Sutherland died and his body had to be left behind.

Mackintosh's bravery would win him the Military Cross, and in memory of Private David Sutherland, and in recognition of his unique role as 23-year old "father" to his men, he wrote "In Memoriam" (above). During his recovery and rotation to England following wounds received on the Somme battle in 1916, Mackintosh became engaged.

In October 1917, Mackintosh returned to France and on the second day of the Battle of Cambrai (November 21 917) he was killed. He was 24.

   

   

   

Serre Road British Cemetery No. 2 and Fricourt German Cemetery, The Somme.
 

  
Father (44) and Son (19) - both killed on the same day, and
the grave of Lt. Roland Leighton, Vera Brittain's fiance at Louvencourt Cemetery, Somme.
(click to enlarge).

     The below are just some of the thousands of touching inscriptions
to be found on the headstones of those whose bodies were identified. 

   If you have others then please submit them for inclusion here
as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Great War.
(Click the images to enlarge, then return button)
 

   

   

Delville Wood (The Somme) 'then and now'

Another comparison of Delville Wood. Could those who experienced the appalling conditions of this wood ever have envisaged that one day little children would skip through the trenches of yester-year, seemingly unaware of the legacy that lies beneath...
 

HORSES IN THE GREAT WAR

Below is what I believe to be one of the most touching memorials capturing both the suffering of the almost half million horses killed in the Great War, as well as the anguish of his driver as he embraces his faithful servant farewell.  The memorial is in a little village called Chipilly on the banks of the River Somme.

The photograph is taken from two angles so as to highlight the poignancy of the statue,
 

click to enlarge