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Vimy Ridge 100 yrs
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Caroline | Report | 9 Apr 2017 15:35 |
I believe the BBC is covering the service. |
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LaGooner | Report | 9 Apr 2017 16:10 |
What a unique idea Caroline. I like the sound of that too |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Apr 2017 16:21 |
It's hard to imagine but very touching when you see it, each old pair of army boots has a poppy in it. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 9 Apr 2017 21:31 |
I'm afraid that made my eyes water <3 |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Apr 2017 23:06 |
Didn't it. |
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MargaretM | Report | 10 Apr 2017 01:12 |
Hard to believe what that battlefield looked like. There were 3,598 Canadians killed there and another 7,000 injured. Imagine that many bodies laying there! |
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Caroline | Report | 10 Apr 2017 01:39 |
Not of course forgetting the French and the British that were killed or wounded in previous attempts to take the ridge. |