St Mary the Virgin, Merton

Oh NOT a Lovely War -
pictures from a 21st century weekend on the Western Front.

In October 2001, 4 members of St Mary's choir, who also appeared in the Parish Players' May 2001 production of Oh What  A Lovely War, visited France and Belgium to explore the battlefields of World War One.
Their experiences of the weekend and the play itself were discussed in church on Remembrance Sunday.

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Indian Memorial, Neuve Chappelle		 portugese_sm.jpg (1538 bytes)
Portuguese Cemetery, Neuve Chappelle		 dudcorner1_sm.jpg (1436 bytes)
Dud Corner Commonwealth Cemetery		 dudcorner2_sm.jpg (1458 bytes)
Dud Corner Commonwealth Cemetery		 german1_sm.jpg (1234 bytes)
German Cemetery, Vimy
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Canadian Memorial, Vimy		 vimy2_sm.jpg (1527 bytes)
Canadian Cemetery, Vimy		 roland_sm.jpg (1367 bytes)
Grave of Lt. Roland Leighton, Louvencourt		 tynecot1_sm.jpg (1580 bytes)
Tynecot Commonwealth Cemetery, near Ypres		 trenches_sm.jpg (1911 bytes)
Restored trenches at Hooge Crater Museum
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Menin Gate, Ypres		 railwaywood_sm.jpg (1354 bytes)
Railway Wood near Ypres		 german2_sm.jpg (1705 bytes)
German Cemetery near Ypres

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