The Great War, aka first world war is very much present still in the region. Numerous Commonwealth and a few German military cemetaries spread all over the place. But what is still so regular, especially during the spring, that farmers still find old shells, projectiles, grenades in the ground.
It's actually quite crazy, when you think of it.
While we walked to an info-board regaring an old German bunker, this was lying on the ground next to the board!
Needless to say, I did not touch it. The Belgian DOVO team who still cleans up every year a few ton of old shells, will for sure come by and pick it up. As said, this is a normal thing & procedure here and has been so for more than a century, but nevertheless felt rather strange..
And regarding cemetaries, here a few pictures from the Bedford House Cemetary cloes to Ieper (or Ypres in French). This cemetary is rather big, more then 5100 service men from 1st world war, but also close to 70 from the 2nd.
- Kari
