Vimy Ridge 100 yrs

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Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 440 Send Message	Caroline	Report	9 Apr 2017 15:35
	I believe the BBC is covering the service. Love the idea of a pair of boots for each soldier killed.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 39 824 Send Message	LaGooner	Report	9 Apr 2017 16:10
	What a unique idea Caroline. I like the sound of that too
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 440 Send Message	Caroline	Report	9 Apr 2017 16:21
	It's hard to imagine but very touching when you see it, each old pair of army boots has a poppy in it.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 600 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	9 Apr 2017 21:31
	I'm afraid that made my eyes water <3
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 440 Send Message	Caroline	Report	9 Apr 2017 23:06
	Didn't it.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23 482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	10 Apr 2017 01:12
	Hard to believe what that battlefield looked like. There were 3,598 Canadians killed there and another 7,000 injured. Imagine that many bodies laying there!
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 440 Send Message	Caroline	Report	10 Apr 2017 01:39
	Not of course forgetting the French and the British that were killed or wounded in previous attempts to take the ridge.