It was almost impossible to take in. My photograph doesn't even begin to portray the enormity of it. I wondered aloud, what we have learned 100 years on. After the events of last week, not much it would seem.
Linking up with Sian this Monday afternoon. You can read about the shrouds here.
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I'm sure it took your breath away..
WOW - that is certainly an emotional display. I think in an off way it is good to be reminded of the human cost of war. This weekend there was a CBC special about the Canadian element of this battle & the number of dead Canadian soldiers. Mind blowing.
I think that would have reduce me to tears if i'd had seen this for myself Fiona.
It certainly makes you stop & think about all the Brave & poor souls that lost their lives .
Oh my goodness, that is such an emotional display.
That must have been a very sobering sight. You are right we must not forget. Those that I knew in the way of family and friends who lived through it would never talk about it.
What an incredibly powerful image.
I heard about this on the radio - what a brilliant, imaginative way to give us a timely reminder of the real horror of war.
I bet it was so emotional to stand there and see it laid out before you. I found it so sad listening to the stories of the young men and said to Paul I wonder how many of the young men we see nowadays, with their jeans round their knees, would rush to join up!
A very sobering sight and I am glad that art in various forms can communicate lessons from the past to us. I have been on some weekend trips with our local branch of the Fleet Air Arm to Dorset and part of the weekend usually involves going to a church service at the Fleet Air Arm church - I usually find myself in the small graveyard there and the ages on gravestones from recent conflicts like Iraq and the Falklands reveal that young men and women are still willing to give up their lives for their country.
It's heartbreaking nut more so, I scared you're right. What have we learnt? Xx
That's a heart-breaking site. But it is good to remember, lest we forget.
That is downright eerie. I don't think I could have stood there without breaking down.
Oh my goodness, how powerful is both this place and your post ... It is indeed enough to make one weep for the uselessness and devastation that conflict brings. Oh, that we remember and remember and keep remembering ...
Alexa chose the right word---powerful. No, it appears we haven't learned much at all. And to think that represents just one day; truly devastating.
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