Today we remember gunners MacCulloch and Edwards (Lest we forget)

Artillery Wood Cemetery at Boezinge, near Ypres. 
In Remembrance of Gunners D. MacCulloch (age 32) and C.W. Edwards (age 28), killed on the 2nd of August 1917.

Today we remember Gunners D. MacCulloch (77524) and C.W. Edwards( 70026) of the 21th Cy, "G" Bn, Tank Corps. 
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They both died on the 2nd of August at the end of the battle of Pilkem Ridge and are buried side by side at Artillery Wood Cemetery (Boezinge). 
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D. McCulloch's name is recorded on his family gravestone in Kilbride Churchyard, Lerags, near Oban. His brother, Sergeant Iain Hugh of the Cameron Highlanders, was killed in action on the 29th of september 1915. He is buried at Loos British cemetery. He is also recorded on the same family gravestone. 
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Many thanks to Liam Griffin for sharing this information.
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Please join us in remembering them.
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Thank you!

​Tom and Sarah

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About our blog

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We take you along our photographic journey through the World War battlefields in Belgium and France. 

In remembrance of these World Wars, ​we highlight every month a specific battle, region or regiment. ​​​ 

With our black and white photographs and self written poetry, we share our impression of these historic, heroic and tragic events.

August 2017

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From the 31st of July until November the 10th we remember the Battle of Passchendaele and the soldiers who fought and died in Flander’s mud during these 105 days of slaughter. 

Discover how we tell the stories behind our black and white pictures from the battle of Pilkem Ridge to the battle of the Menin Road.
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