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War Stories
Battlefield Tours
Finding our Past
This is the story of my quest for family war stories
Venray Cemetery Burial Rededication
Introduction On 07 October, I visited the Venray Military Cemetery for the Rededication of 4 Bomber Crew burials. The four had been previously identified as unknowns but had recently been identified through an in-depth investigation by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). The CWGC does not permit exhumation to allow DNA analysis, preferring to preserve the sanctity of the burial. They have very stringent rules to ensure the bodies are properly identified, so the ana
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15 hours ago8 min read
100th Post Retrospective
Introduction Amazingly, this the 100th Blog post I have written and I would like to thank everyone who has come along on my journey and will use this milestone to reflect on the stories. This post highlights some of the family stories and other tour milestones. The map shows many of the post locations, the red markers are family stories and the blue markers are battlefield sites. Click on the interactive map to get an overview of the story and links to any posts you may have
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Aug 2023 min read
Gdansk – The First Shots of the Second World War
Introduction My daughter Rachel was on a quest (since achieved) to visit 40 countries by the age of 40, so we visited Gdansk, Poland during the long weekend in May. I would like to take credit for choosing Gdansk because it was the location of the opening salvo of WW2, but since I thought we were going to Krakow until two weeks before the trip, I had no influence on the choice. Looking at old town Gdansk, you can see the Dutch and Flanders influence and are perfectly prepared
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Aug 314 min read
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