Two Brothers Serving in France, item 57

• March 4, 2018 22:31:55 Stella Watkin

  unnamed mounds must be those of

  Angus and his comrades. The graves

  are in groups with numbers on, so I

  expec that in due course the authorities

  will put up permanent crosses. I noticed

  a number of names of men killed about

  the same day as Angus - on of them

  a Lieut.-Colonel of the R.E. (There are

  officers as well as men buried there.)

  Leaving the Cemetery, I proceeded

  along towards the village, and saw

  all the Tanks that Capt. Gibson told

  us had been lost that day. They are

  all still there - derelicts, just as they

  fell in action. I peeped inside in the

  hope of finding a name scribbled on

  the plates, but there was nothing. Those

  which had received direct hits were in

  a terrible mess, and indeed, the whole

  village showed that it must have been

  a tight corner. From the position of the

• March 4, 2018 22:31:42 Stella Watkin

  unnamed mounds must be those of

  Angus and his comrades. The graves

  are in groups with numbers on, so I

  expec that in due course the authorities

  will put up permanent crosses. I noticed

  a number of names of men killed about

  the same day as Angus - on of them

  a Lieut.-Colonel of the R.E. (There are

  officers as well as men buried there.)

  Leaving the Cemetery, I proceeded

  along towards the village, and saw

  all the Ianks that Capt. Gibson told

  us had been lost that day. They are

  all still there - derelicts, just as they

  fell in action. I peeped inside in the

  hope of finding a name scribbled on

  the plates, but there was nothing. Those

  which had received direct hits were in

  a terrible mess, and indeed, the whole

  village showed that it must have been

  a tight corner. From the position of the

  
  

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• February 9, 2018 12:01:39 Zamfirache Diana

  unnamed wounds must be those of

  Angus and his  ... . The graves

  are in groups with numbers on, so I

  expec that in due course the authorities

  will put up permanent crosses. I noticed

  a number of names of men killed about

  the same day as Angus - on of them

  a Lieut.-Colonel of the R.E. (There are

  officers as well as men burried there.)

  Leaving the Cemetery, I proceeded

  along towards the village, and saw

  all the Ianks that Capt. Gibson told

  us had been lost that day. They are

  all still there - derelicts, just as they

  fell in action. I peeped inside in the

  hope of finding a name scribbled on

  the plates, but there was nothing. Those

  which had received direct hits were in

  a terrible mess, and indeed, the whole

  village showed that it must have been

  a tight corner. From the position of the

  
  

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