CWGC Etaples
Hardelot - Merlimont K.V.A. D1. · AOK 15 Nord Pas de Calais · France
Etaples Military Cemetery.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Etaples Military Cemetery.
Nurses tending the graves, at least one looks to have been a pilot as his broken propeller has been used as a memorial.
Etaples Military Cemetery.
Etaples Military Cemetery.
Entrance.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
22 February 2014
Etaples Military Cemetery.
Reconnaissance air photo.
Notice that the bombing of what looks like a barracks seems very accurate and the WW1 cemetery is completely missed.
1940's NA
Etaples Military Cemetery.
This is a plan of the cemetery with all the blocks numbered (Roman Numerals), then the rows are also numbered and then each grave has its number. So if there is a need to find a head stone, a book at the entrance has all the details needed.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
A view from the far side.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
The alter.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
Training - British soldiers on the beach.
British soldiers being beasted by the Canaries. Canaries were the controlling staff who wore yellow armbands, thus canaries. Beasted is the word these poor soldiers trained on Salisbury Plain or the slopes of the Yorkshire Dales, then shipped to France and put through a grueling training routine on the sand or 'The Bullring'.. And then shipped off again via the French railway system to the front.
WW1
Etaples Military Cemetery.
The Trenches.
WW1
Etaples Military Cemetery.
Hospital in France.
There were many hospitals in France, we found a hospital near Mont Canisy, Cabourg and they were along the coast all the way up to Boulogne.
WW1
Etaples Military Cemetery.
A block of head stones.
Originally made from blocks of Portland stone.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
Here we have the old stone either a cut stone or a reconstituted stone and the brand new type that stays a lot cleaner and means the CWGC will not have to spend time cleaning stones.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
A block of all new stones.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
22 February 2014
Etaples Military Cemetery.
February at Etaples.
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Etaples Military Cemetery.
The 1919 Victory Parade London.
1919
Etaples Military Cemetery.
Ladies at war, the Queen thanking Ladies for their help in the war.
1919
Etaples Military Cemetery.
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