These are from WWI. But there are also many from WWII in war cemeteries around
Europe. Many Canadians and other Commonwealth soldiers fought in the world
wars. In Arnhem, where I used to visit the war cemetery every year, there are
graves of pilots from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, all of whom served in the
RAF.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
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YNWA
> On 24 Sep 2015, at 02:30, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Why Canadian war graves in Wales?
> <http://www.frozenlight.eu/wales_sept2015/content/20150914-_DSF7920_large.html>
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> Chuck Norcutt
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> On 9/23/2015 3:32 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Last week, I spent a couple of days in North Wales, including a drive from
>> Bodelwyddan not too far from the England border all the way west to Holyhead
>> on the Irish sea. The weather was rainy and windy and cloudy, just the
>> ticket for getting some photographs to show the place. Despite the weather,
>> this is a nice corner of the world:
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>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/wales_sept2015/index.html
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>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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