County Trip
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Really early on Saturday morning, 73 members of Wellingborough District Scouts gathered at our District headquarters. We were excited to be on our way to visit the World War One Cemeteries.
First, we had a long coach journey to the Channel Tunnel. We passed the time by eating our breakfast, and our lunch as well as lots of sweets.
On the way to the tunnel, we picked up Jo and John, our battlefield guides. They proved to be really important to help us understand what we were seeing. As we travelled through France they told us about how the war had started and given us an idea of what Belgium had been like before the war. Many of the soldiers at the beginning of the war thought that the war would be over quickly. The armies were full of professional soldiers and those who joined up for adventure. Later both sides conscripted young men into their armies, as the war dragged on.
Our first stop was Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. The cemetery is on the site of a Casualty Clearing station. This meant that most of the men buried here are known by their names. The cemetery was very peaceful and well kept with lots of plants and flowers. We learned that an organisation named the Commonwealth War Graves Commission looks after the cemetery.
