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Western Front Walk - ABF The Soldiers Charity


mortz77

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Hello All. In October I am doing a 100km walk over three days along the lines of The Western Front to comemorate The centenary of The Battle of the Somme. We start at the Lochnagar crater and end at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres in time for The Last Post. All proceeds go to ABF - The Soldiers Charity (Formerly known as Army Benevolent Fund) ABF provide financial and emotional support to wounded British and Commonwealth Soldiers, the families of Soldiers killed in action and any former soldiers that have fallen on hard times through ill health or financial hardships. It is going to be an emotional and exhausting trip for a fat boy like me but will pale in to insignificance in relation to the hardships that faced the troops of both sides on these fields a hundred years ago. Any donations would be greatly appreciated by myself, ABF and the many people they support. Thank you!
 
 

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Top Man, I'm heading over to France for the official Cenetenary Memorial at Thiepval. :)  

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1 hour ago, HetzersGonnaHetz said:

Top Man, I'm heading over to France for the official Cenetenary Memorial at Thiepval. :)  

Nice. Was that the balloted one? Should be a stunning and emotional affair.

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great charity, have fun, I'm off to St Omer France in 12 days time, its the 75th for my corps on 22nd march and our home before they destroyed it was st omer bks named after the town

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On ‎09‎/‎03‎/‎2016 at 16:40, the colonel said:

great charity, have fun, I'm off to St Omer France in 12 days time, its the 75th for my corps on 22nd march and our home before they destroyed it was st omer bks named after the town

Fantastic. I've been to St Omer when I did a holiday to Normandy and visited the D-Day beaches. Best Wishes.

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On 16 March 2016 at 20:16, Ham & Jam said:

Good on you and all the best mate.

Thank you. I need a miracle to get my football knackered legs this distance!

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Hello Mortz,

 

If you have time go to visit the Museum at La Coupole, just down the road from St Omer...It is a Great place to see fro the V1 & V2 etc rockets down to our day.

A sad place too as many hundreds if not thousands of Polish & Russian, French POW's were sent there from Buchenwald Death Camp...to build the complex and the rockets.

(All images are SOLE copyright of Ian R. Bridle  www,edenbridgetown.com  NO copying without permission)

Best Wishes..IanB/ Desert Rat

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