Tony at Captain Wilfred (Billie) Nevill’s grave at Carnoy Military Cemetery – 100th Anniversary of the Somme Battlefield Tour ... Read More
Captain Wilfred (Billie) Nevill used footballs to inspire his men into an attack. The balls were kicked into no man’s land as the Royal East Surreys went over the top on the first day of the Somme – 100th Anniversary of the Somme Battlefield Tour ... Read More
Another group joined us for the exhultation and instead of a wreath we put a football on his grave – 100th Anniversary of the Somme Battlefield Tour ... Read More
For those not at the Official Somme 100 Memorial Ceremony at Thiepval, we had our own private ceremony – 100th Anniversary of the Somme Battlefield Tour ... Read More
Our wreath at the Stone of Remembrance at Carnoy Military Cemetery – 100th Anniversary of the Somme Battlefield Tour ... Read More