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Ypres, Somme & Northern France

07/09/2026

Fromelles is a place for reflection.

On 19 July 1916, the newly arrived Australian 5th Division attacked with the British 61st Division near the village of Fromelles. The attack was meant to help hold German reserves away from the Somme. It became a disaster.

More than 5,500 Australians became casualties. Nearly 2,000 were killed in action or died of wounds. The British 61st Division also suffered heavily.

But Fromelles is not only about numbers.

It is about open ground.
Families without graves.
Men who were missing for almost a century.
And a cemetery built only in 2010, after the recovery of soldiers buried near Pheasant Wood.

Standing there today, the landscape feels calm. That calm is exactly why the story needs to be told carefully.

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Musée de la Bataille de Fromelles

I bring guests to Polygon Wood because it slows people down.At first, it feels like a quiet wood.Then the place begins t...
04/09/2026

I bring guests to Polygon Wood because it slows people down.

At first, it feels like a quiet wood.

Then the place begins to open up.

The Butte.
The Australian 5th Division Memorial.
The cemeteries.
The New Zealand names of men with no known grave.

It is not a place I like to explain too quickly.

Some battlefields need a map.
Polygon Wood needs the map, the trees, the memorials, and a few minutes of silence.

Most visitors miss the connection between these parts unless someone helps them read the ground.

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Polygon Wood is easy to visit quickly.That is also the risk.Many people see the Australian memorial, take a photograph, ...
02/09/2026

Polygon Wood is easy to visit quickly.

That is also the risk.

Many people see the Australian memorial, take a photograph, and move on. But the place makes more sense when you read it slowly.

The wood tells one part of the story.
The Butte tells another.
The cemeteries and memorials add what the battlefield itself cannot say.

This is where remembrance becomes tied to landscape.

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31/08/2026

Polygon Wood looks peaceful today.

But in 1917, this ground was part of the Third Battle of Ypres. The Battle of Polygon Wood was fought as part of a wider British and Dominion operation, with Australian forces playing a central role in the attack of 26 September 1917.

What visitors often miss is the shape of the place.

The wood, the Butte, the cemetery, the Australian memorial, and the New Zealand Memorial to the Missing are not separate stories. They belong together.

The New Zealand Memorial at Buttes New British Cemetery commemorates 378 New Zealand soldiers who died in the Polygon Wood sector and have no known grave.

Standing there helps explain why this landscape still matters.

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Hill 70 is one of the Canadian battlefields I think deserves more attention.Not because it is forgotten, but because man...
28/08/2026

Hill 70 is one of the Canadian battlefields I think deserves more attention.

Not because it is forgotten, but because many visitors know Vimy, Passchendaele or the Somme before they ever hear this name.
In August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured the high ground near Lens. The plan was not simply to take ground, but to force German counterattacks onto terrain where Canadian artillery and machine guns could break them.
It worked, but at a terrible cost. Almost 10,000 Canadian casualties were recorded between 15 and 25 August 1917. What I find powerful at Hill 70 is the contrast.
Today, the landscape is busy, with a highway close to the memorial. But once you understand what the hill controlled, why Lens mattered, and how the Canadians were asked to hold under repeated counterattack, the ground changes. It becomes less about one heroic headline and more about endurance, planning, fear, exhaustion and loss. On a battlefield tour, Hill 70 is where Canada’s First World War story becomes more complex than “victory.”

It was a success, yes.

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5 facts about Hill 70.Hill 70 is one of the most important Canadian battlefield sites of the First World War, but it is ...
26/08/2026

5 facts about Hill 70.

Hill 70 is one of the most important Canadian battlefield sites of the First World War, but it is still less known than Vimy Ridge.

In August 1917, the Canadian Corps attacked near Lens, not simply to take ground, but to seize the high ground and force the German army to counterattack under devastating conditions.

That is what makes Hill 70 different.

It was not just about moving forward. It was about holding the ridge, reading the ground, and understanding how deadly the battlefield could become once artillery, machine guns and observation worked together.

Today, the landscape looks quiet. But with the right context, Hill 70 becomes one of the strongest places to understand Canada’s growing role on the Western Front.

Most visitors miss this story unless someone points it out.

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Hill 70 Memorial

24/08/2026

Hill 70 is often overshadowed by Vimy Ridge, but it tells us something different about the Canadian Corps in the First World War.

In August 1917, Canadian troops captured the high ground near Lens.
The aim was not only to take the hill, but to force German counterattacks into a deadly defensive plan. It was a tactical success, but the cost was enormous.
Nearly 10,000 Canadian casualties were recorded during the fighting between 15 and 25 August 1917. Today, the landscape can look quiet. That is exactly why places like Hill 70 matter.
Without context, you can easily pass through without understanding what happened here. With the story, the ground changes completely.

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Hill 70 Memorial

Essex Farm is a place I never like to rush.Many people come here because of John McCrae and In Flanders Fields. That con...
21/08/2026

Essex Farm is a place I never like to rush.

Many people come here because of John McCrae and In Flanders Fields. That connection matters. It gives the place a voice that still reaches people today.

But when you stand there, you feel there is more to the site than one famous poem.

The cemetery, the concrete shelters, the canal nearby and the quiet of the place all point to something deeper. This was not a distant place of memory during the war. It was close to the front, close to danger, and close to loss.

That is what always stays with me at Essex Farm.

It is a small site, but it carries a heavy human story. You do not need many words there. You need time, context and silence.

On a tour, this is one of those places where the landscape helps the story open up.

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5 things you might not know about Essex Farm Cemetery and Advanced Dressing Station.Most visitors know Essex Farm becaus...
19/08/2026

5 things you might not know about Essex Farm Cemetery and Advanced Dressing Station.

Most visitors know Essex Farm because of John McCrae and In Flanders Fields.

But the site is much more than one famous poem.

This was an Advanced Dressing Station, a place where wounded men were brought close behind the front line. Medical care, death and burial were all very close together here.

The concrete shelters still give you a rare sense of the conditions in which doctors, stretcher bearers and wounded soldiers worked.

And beside them lies the cemetery, with graves that remind you how quickly a place of treatment could also become a place of loss.

That is why Essex Farm is not a site to rush.

On a tour, this is where the story becomes much more personal. You do not only see the cemetery. You start to understand the landscape, the medical chain, the poem, and the human cost behind the words.

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17/08/2026

Most visitors know Essex Farm as the place where In Flanders Fields was written. But there is much more to discover.

This was an active Advanced Dressing Station, only a short distance from the front line. Hundreds of wounded soldiers passed through here, while the nearby canal banks offered one of the few places where men could find some shelter from shellfire.

Standing here today, it is easier to understand why this quiet place became one of the most enduring symbols of remembrance.

If you visit the Ypres Salient, take the time to look beyond the famous poem. The landscape still has many stories to tell.

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