When we first started looking for uncle Harry, we were in a small town called Arras. We discovered that he was in a cemetery called Tilloy-Les-Cambris, in the northern area of Normandy, about an hour from where we were staying. So we booted up the GPS, and programmed it for Cambris. It then proceeded to take us down this road:
Fun.
Anyways, in the picture you can see a bunch of trees in the distance on the right. just to the right of those trees is The Tilloy-Les-Cambris Cemetery:
It's not that easy to see in this picture, but along the back wall of the cemetery are eight graves. Harry is the farthest one along on the right.
This is part of a plaque in the cemetery. The last paragraph is about the air crew.
Directly after this picture was taken, we made bouquets of flowers for each of the airmen, and a miniature rose bush for Harry.
This is the marker at the entrance of the cemetery, with the rose (on it's side) and the other flowers on top of it.
above the graves there is the white cross with a bronze sword, the cross symbolizing faith and the sword the military nature of the cemetery. This symbol is known as the "cross of sacrifice."
this is us planting the rose, before laying out the flowers. I felt a little uneasy digging the small hole that we planted it in, especially when a security guard drove by!
This has been a long post, and taken quite a while to create! If you want to view the pictures in higher resolution, just click on them. I am uploading them at full quality (ssshhhh! little secret!) against advice from a certain person so that they can be viewed properly. Hopefully I can get photos up more regularly from now on.
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