Denis Winter ('Death's Men' pub 1978 - a great read about the experiences of the soldiers of WW1. Overly sentimental at times, but not seeking to glorify those ordinary men) described the Commonwealth cemeteries as like "beads on a Rosary following the front line". It's apt - they are an aide memoir here are a few we visited, along with some German and French cemeteries and various memorials ...
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