tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post4940663383566598295..comments2024-03-26T15:50:22.224+00:00Comments on The Church Explorer: Brookwood Comonwealth War Cemetery Billy Blue Eyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-23073636815698242622014-08-02T12:07:37.945+01:002014-08-02T12:07:37.945+01:00Lovely photos Bill. Despite the tragic loss of li...Lovely photos Bill. Despite the tragic loss of life I do find the Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries tranquil places, and the care that goes into maintaining them a fitting tribute to all the young men whose lifes were so unfairly cut short.Janice / Dancing with Sunflowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646734271197959581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-5505398250015704202013-11-11T22:22:34.100+00:002013-11-11T22:22:34.100+00:00It was a very sobering experienceIt was a very sobering experienceBilly Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-24733500378884569292013-11-11T20:53:45.690+00:002013-11-11T20:53:45.690+00:00Thanks for sharing the photos and all the informat...Thanks for sharing the photos and all the information about the graves. It is truly a sobering experience to visit a cemetery where so many service people are buried. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-19185651036309601152012-11-13T12:43:21.157+00:002012-11-13T12:43:21.157+00:00I just posted a photo of two heastones close toget...I just posted a photo of two heastones close together on Geograph there are four names on them. Think I can see why now.<br />http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3222221Billy Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-47554265485414307632012-11-01T17:44:36.698+00:002012-11-01T17:44:36.698+00:00Always sobering to walk through a cemetery with lo...Always sobering to walk through a cemetery with lots of similar death dates, whether because of war, disaster or epidemic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542931247957198888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-16672653664690274762012-11-01T10:00:37.788+00:002012-11-01T10:00:37.788+00:00It is, biggest I have visited yet.It is, biggest I have visited yet.Billy Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-77449834860481357962012-10-31T22:44:19.978+00:002012-10-31T22:44:19.978+00:00this must be a huge place.
war graves are always s...this must be a huge place.<br />war graves are always so neatly tended.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-10872709526177164752012-10-30T22:28:23.064+00:002012-10-30T22:28:23.064+00:00Never thought about it just realized they were the...Never thought about it just realized they were the same date so presumed they were a crew from a plane but I can see the reasoning behind it.Billy Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-90070248094253592182012-10-30T21:16:37.030+00:002012-10-30T21:16:37.030+00:00Oh, I hadn't really thought about the fact tha...Oh, I hadn't really thought about the fact that Nicola brings up as to why the gravestones are attached. But it makes sense. It seems everyone deserved their own stone.hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00699940163033570021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-71100676480450750372012-10-30T00:43:28.677+00:002012-10-30T00:43:28.677+00:00Lovely photos -- thank you for sharing.Lovely photos -- thank you for sharing.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456689516505172959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-36098237113183082592012-10-29T21:37:23.579+00:002012-10-29T21:37:23.579+00:00It is seeing those personal things that bring it h...It is seeing those personal things that bring it home to you.Billy Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-36756470292987767222012-10-29T21:12:32.563+00:002012-10-29T21:12:32.563+00:00Thank you for all these moving photos. It is alway...Thank you for all these moving photos. It is always a special experience to walk in the Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries.<br />Your first picture of the little homemade memorial for Grandad is so nice.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-1965391540972805652012-10-29T12:16:46.470+00:002012-10-29T12:16:46.470+00:00Thanks for that, there are a couple like that. The...Thanks for that, there are a couple like that. The War Cemetery is run by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission so you are alowed to take photo's there, it's over the fence you need a permit. There are signs telling you no photo's with out a permit.Billy Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053172567806569702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962119626860820391.post-47898749207652854902012-10-29T11:30:01.405+00:002012-10-29T11:30:01.405+00:00What a fantastic and informative post. How did yo...What a fantastic and informative post. How did you manage to take pictures without being jumped on and told not to.<br /><br />The reasons why the three gavestones in the last picture are attached tpogether is because they couldn't tell which body part went to which person, so they're buried together.<br /><br />Thanks for linking up<br /><br />Beneath Thy FeetSeaThreePeeOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639732349402996973noreply@blogger.com