Photo gallery
A
selection of photos from Bratton events and activities
National Arboretum
Vist April 2010
One of the Bronze Sculptures by
Ian Rank-Bradley
The Armed Forces
Memorial
The Operation Telic (Iraq Wall)
moved from Baghdad
Verdun Battlefield
Tour May/Jun 2010
The French War Memorial in
Verdun
The Fort at Douaumont outside
Verdun
Memorial to the last of
4 Pigeons which died of toxic fumes delivering the last
message from Major Raynal at Fort Vaux for a plea for a
counterattack
The Naval Gun Emplacement
in the woods in fron of Spincourt
Viewing the Plan of the
Naval Gun Emplacement site in the woods in fron of
Spincourt
US Medal of Honour
Soldier
US DSC & MH Airman
Memorial to Sgt York MH
who with just 16 men captured 132 Germans in
the Argonne forest
A discussion at the ruined
village behind the Montfaucon American Memorial
A late lunch break at
Varennes-en-Argonne where King Loius XVI of France and family
were captured trying to flee to NE France
The only way to stop the
Chairman from talking!
The gates of
St Mihiel Cemetery
Examining the model relief map
at the Montsec Monument
Lunch at St.Benoit-en-Woevre north west of
Pont-a-Mousson at the south east corner of the St Mihel Salient
Still at lunch! Not
all work, but some play
French Graves in the Verdun
Cemetery
A RBL Wreath laid by our
Chairman in the Verdun War Cemetery
The Douamont Military Cemetery
with 15,000 French soldier graves in front of the Ossuary which
contains remains of 13,000 unidentified French & German
Soldiers
The graves of a British
bomber crew from 1944 WWll at the Cemetery at
Charmes
The Grave of Richard Pollock's
Cousin at Charmes
