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For the Fallen - the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in many lands

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Whilst it is unimaginable for any battlefield tour not to include at least one cemetery, the sad fact is that all too often many commercial tours degenerate into simple ‘ABC tours’ (‘Another bloody cemetery’) which follow a predictable list of cemeteries and specific graves. Obviously these graves have a story attached but the range and variety...


'Who killed Captain Duncan Martin? 20th Brigade on the First Day of the Somme' by Ross Beadle

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Caption: View from the German lines across No Man's Land About the talk: The traumatic story of Devonshire’s attack on Mansell Copse on 1st July 1916 seems to exemplify the tragedy and failure of that day. It also includes the curious tale of Capt. Duncan Martin of A Company 9th Devons who before the battle  made a 3D plasticine model to highlig...