Stories overview

Paul from Summerland (Canada)

“The general impression in my mind is of a nightmare. We have been in the most bitter of fights. For seventeen days and seventeen nights none of us ha…

Adrienne and Peter from Manchester (UK)

“It’s amazing when you see the old photographs of desolation and how everything has been rebuilt. You just cannot imagine what it must have been like,…

Michael from Chepstow

Michael from Chepstow in Wales has travelled to Flanders Fields with a very special goal in mind: He wants to feel closer to his father who fought in …

Boinet family from France

The Boinet family from Lille, France attentively reads the information plaque in front of Hill 60. While the parents note down the information on thei…

Stuart and Beryl from Scotland

The 11 metres (36 ft) high Brooding Soldier stands, head bowed and hands on the butt of his rifle, in honour of the Canadian 1st Division who held the…

Emily from Perth (Australia)

“Their faces and postures really make me feel their pain. It makes me shiver,” Emily from Perth, Australia says, looking at Käthe Kollwitz's ‘The Grie…