Courcelette Canadian Battlefield Memorial

An excellent memorial

My cousin and his wife took us over to France and Belgium to visit the WW1 battle sites and place a rose on Grandad's grave. He was shot near the end of the war by a German sniper. The whole experienc...

Canadian

Another of a number of block monuments to Canadian troops lost in World War I. While they are all alike, each has it's own sad story to tell.

One of Many Canadian Cube Memorials

Battlefield tour groups for Canadians will drop by Courcelette or one of the other many battlefield memorial commemorating the sacrifice and losses from World War 1. In the shadows of maple trees you...

Peaceful

A very humbling experience. I must visit and a reminder of the horror that so many people had to endure.

A peaceful site on the main road

As part of our summer holiday in France, we were spending a few days in the Somme region, exploring where our relatives had fought 99 years ago. We based ourselves in Albert which was a perfect place ...