Remembering the men, women and children of all countries who have died in conflict. Remembrance #Ypres #Mons #Langemarck German Cemetery #MeninGate #Plugstreet #OradoresurGlane #TyneCot #VimyRidge Canadian Monument

I was treated to a fabulous tour of @ChartwellNT today, before giving a talk.
Here are #Churchill’s slippers, his #WW2 #rationbook, his famous 1916 painting #PlugStreet (Ploegsteert, Belgium), #NobelPrize for Literature & much more.
But who knew… 1/2

The memorial at the site of the 1914 #Christmasfootball match truce – a field in #Ploegsteert (known as #Plugstreet) a village near Ypres in #Belgium.

IT'LL BE A BIT DIFFERENT THIS CHRISTMAS, OLD BOY!

Just in front of Plugstreet Wood, two Riflemen of the London Rifle Brigade contemplate their first Christmas in the trenches.

#ww1 #Christmas #Plugstreet #LRB