Large cemeteries with thousands of graves
or small ones with only a handful - it's hard to say which are more moving.
Row after row of identical stones.
Graves of those who were decorated for their bravery
And graves of those whose punishment needed its own kind of bravery.
The Cross of Sacrifice with the downturned sword showing the battle is over.
And the Stone of Remembrance whose inscription says it all.
And still we've only scratched the surface - we've not even finished Ypres yet. Our journey of remembrance has some distance to go.
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