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Aerial view of the Vimy Trenches P. FruitierAerial view of the Vimy Trenches P. Fruitier
©Aerial view of the Vimy Trenches P. Fruitier|P. Fruitier
From Lens to ArrasA time to live the essential
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©11_novembre_Souchez_51|Lens / Liévin Tourisme
Living Memory: November 11
view from the top of the slag heap, loos en gohelleview from the top of the slag heap, loos en gohelle
©view from the top of the slag heap, loos en gohelle|FLAMENT Anne Sophie
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Sortie 10 © Cituation Et EnsembleSortie 10 © Cituation Et Ensemble
©Sortie 10 © Cituation Et Ensemble
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Ring of Memory / Ablain-Saint-NazaireRing of Memory / Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
©View of the outside of the ring|Paper Menthe
Memorial 14-18 Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
The Memorial’ 14-18 of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette marks the landscape as the war marked history. From the foot of the hill of...
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Dainville British CemeteryDainville British Cemetery
©Daffodils and gravestones at sunset|Pauline Roches
Commonwealth War Cemeteries
In the heart of spaces laid out like real English gardens, always magnificently maintained, each headstone of the Commonwealth military cemeteries...
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Dud Corner CWGCDud Corner CWGC - contains 1,800 burials and the walls commemorate 21,000 men with no known grave who fell in the battle of Loos in 1915 and later battles at Lys, Estaires & Bethune. Built on the site of the Lens Rd Redoubt stormed by the 9th Black Watch on 25th Sept 1915
©Dud Corner CWGC - contains 1,800 burials and the walls commemorate 21,000 men with no known grave who fell in the battle of Loos in 1915 and later battles at Lys, Estaires & Bethune. Built on the site of the Lens Rd Redoubt stormed by the 9th Black Watch on 25th Sept 1915 |Mike_St_Maur_Sheil
Dud Corner Cemetery and Loos Memorial – Loos-en-Gohelle
On September 25 alone, the British recorded 8,500 victims. They lost a total of 50,000 men, killed, wounded or missing. The names of 20,000 of...
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LE MONUMENT DES FRATERNISATIONS
LE MONUMENT DES FRATERNISATIONS
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Living Memory: November 11
November 11 marks the armistice of the First World War in France. At the 14-18 Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Memorial in particular, this day is an opportunity to pay tribute to the soldiers through a unique event. The site invites everyone to keep the...
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Good times to come

21Dec
Suis les traces des poilusSouchez
21Dec
Fabrique ta carte de voeuxSouchez
29Sep20245Jan2025
Visite essentielle "Patrimoine mondiale" : La nécropole Notre-Dame de Lorette et l'Anneau de la mémoireAblain-Saint-Nazaire
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memory-ringmemory-ring
©memory-ring|Paper Menthe
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©171118279pfcor P Frutier
Vimy Park, Trenches and Canadian MemorialVimy. Canadian National Memorial (night)
©Vimy. Canadian National Memorial (night)|Philippe Frutier
Vimy Park, Trenches and Canadian MemorialVimy. Canadian National Memorial (day)
©Vimy. Canadian National Memorial (day)|Philippe Frutier
Vimy Park, Trenches and Canadian MemorialVimy. Traces of war on the battlefield and sheep
©Vimy. Traces of war on the battlefield and sheep|Pauline Roches
Npt Vimy Detail Of The Memorial, National Historic Site Of Canada ©crt Hauts De Francesamuel Dhote (1)Npt Vimy Detail Of The Memorial, National Historic Site Of Canada ©crt Hauts De Francesamuel Dhote (1)
©Npt Vimy Detail Of The Memorial, National Historic Site Of Canada ©crt Hauts De Francesamuel Dhote (1)
Notre Dame De LoretteNotre Dame De Lorette
©Notre Dame De Lorette
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