Delville Wood South African National Memorial

A very moving visit to Delville Wood

The main reason for my overseas trip was to visit Delville Wood. We spent a few hours there on the first day and decided to return again the next day. Their website contains many important documents...

Remembering the South African Troops

This is a wonderful memorial dedicated to the South Africans who fought at the Battle of the Somme. In addition to it being a memorial, it is also a museum containing a fair amount of information abou...

Would Have Been Better With My Glasses

I visited here while doing the Somme Remembrance Trail. I would have got a lot more out of the memorial had I remembered my glasses. I left them in the car which meant a bit of a walk back to the ca...

Visit to see Relatives Grave.

After finally managing to vista the Cemetery, Originally meant to visit in 2020 but Covid-19 came along. Went to the British & Commonwealth (Mainly British) Just across the road from the South Afric...

Another of the essentials

Original Text

If there were a list of places to visit related to the Great War, this would be one of them.