1:100 Scale model of the Vimy Memorial. In my recent post about the Vimy Memorial, I mentioned that 17 of the 20 plaster models of the...

During our tour of Ypres, we visited Langemark German Cemetery just north of Ypres, one of the 4 German War Cemeteries in Belgium which...

Goodfellow Brothers – Missing in Action I have made several posts about the Goodfellow Brothers who were cousins of my maternal...

Vimy Ridge and the Canadian Memorials I was originally going to call this Refocused on Lens to cover the locations I had previously...

Our next stop on the tour was the area around Lens, which included Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and a number of family battle sites. Hill 70...

I had posted about these locations during previous visit, but they are all iconic locations that tell the story of the Somme, so are well...

Recently I did a tour of the First World War Battlefields with my good buddy and fellow war story fan (Wine) Bob Drummond. We did a...

178084Sergeant Robert George Connelly, MM 1st Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force EARLY YEARS Robert George Connelly was born on the...

The Sancourt British Cemetery is located Northeast of the village of Sancourt, about 1 km down a single lane track amongst the fields....

During Rachel’s fall break, we did a tour of Vienna, Bratislava and Prague. The tour was meant to be a break from war stories, but we did...

During my recent tour of the Somme, it became evident that the catastrophic losses on the first day of the Battle of the Somme was due in...

Ernest Robert Goodfellow was born 05 Jun 1889 at 10 Old Barracks, Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmonds. His father was Henry Goodfellow, and...

Walter James Goodfellow was born on 13 Oct 1891 at 36 Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds, third son of Henry Goodfellow and Maria Reynolds....

On our recent Somme Tour, we traveled from Fromelles to Vimy, and passed near by the Dud Corner Cemetery and Loos Memorial. We stopped in...

The Battle of Formelles was fought by the British 61st Division and the 5th Australian Division on 19 and 20 Jul 1916. The Australians...

I had the opportunity to return to the Somme this week with 3 British fellows, and tour around several key battle sites. The guy who...

Suffolk Regiment Crest Lance Sgt Henry Goodfellow of the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment was the oldest of 4 brothers who served in the...

The Canadians were not involved in the disastrous first day of the Somme Battle, 01 Jul 1916, they were in the Ypres Salient, recovering...

With Rachel in Dublin on a girl's trip, her car and I decided to storm the Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic wall park is at ATLANTIC WALL...

The first stop of the day was at the Canadian Memorial at Sanctuary Woods. The Memorial stands in tribute to the sacrifices and...