11/11/1918 - 11/11/2021

**Jock Scot** · 12th November 21, 01:57 AM

My family have two names amongst the missing, one on the Thiepval Monument and one at Kohima. I, with the help of the South Staffordshire Regimental museum was able to find the nearest 10 acres in France, where one our chaps might be. The museum were able to be pretty exact in this case as they had a fairly accurate map reference of where an “incident” took place. My wife and I have visited the spot and left a poppy attached to a convenient fence post. It seemed appropriate as the fence line was made of WW1 metal fence posts tidied up from the battle field after the war ended. Being a farmer I am happy for him to rest there assisting with the growing of the crops.

As to the other chap? There is no trail to follow, I imagine somewhere amongst the jungle flora and fauna there is a tree growing that is just that wee tad bigger and a wee tad greener than the others . It helps....a bit.

**kilted2000** · 12th November 21, 03:14 AM

For those that are interested, the Thiepval Monument has an app where you can read about one of the missing on the anniversary of the day they died. It’s one way I try to honor the fallen on a daily basis. Below is a link to the app if you have an Apple device. It should also be available for Android. It’s from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cwgc-t...l/id1114282977

**Ninehostages** · 12th November 21, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

My family have two names amongst the missing, one on the Thiepval Monument and one at Kohima. I, with the help of the South Staffordshire Regimental museum was able to find the nearest 10 acres in France, where one our chaps might be. The museum were able to be pretty exact in this case as they had a fairly accurate map reference of where an “incident” took place. My wife and I have visited the spot and left a poppy attached to a convenient fence post. It seemed appropriate as the fence line was made of WW1 metal fence posts tidied up from the battle field after the war ended. Being a farmer I am happy for him to rest there assisting with the growing of the crops.

As to the other chap? There is no trail to follow, I imagine somewhere amongst the jungle flora and fauna there is a tree growing that is just that wee tad bigger and a wee tad greener than the others . It helps....a bit.

Some of them still lie buried in collapsed dugouts and saps. Alaa, most were blown to atoms by artillery and mines. The plows bring up their shards every spring.