Capt Nole Chavasse war grave
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birdseye
I was in Belgium last week and was able to find Noel Chavasse's grave in Brandhoek New Cemetery, which is just outside Ypres. Judging by the amount of crosses which are planted on his grave, it receives quite a few visits.
I also visited the Liverpool Scottish Stone, which marks their jumping off position on the attack at Hooge in 1915. In France I took a picture of the memorial commemorating the capture of Montauban from the Germans by the Kings Liverpool and Manchester regiments on the disastrous 1st July 1916. They were two of the few regiments which achieved their objective on that day.
Thanks for posting this photo birdseye. I feel it's very important that such men as Noel Chavasse should continue to be remembered. For those of you that have relatives who were killed in action in WW1 and later and wish to see a photo of their grave, have a look at the following web site:
http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/
This project is attempting to record photographically all known British War graves. Most of the dead buried in Liverpool have already had their war grave photographed and which are available through the web site