Here is a real photo postcard I got recently. It has no writing or stamp box on the other side so I do not know where it is located. I THINK it is a WW1 cemetery which has been bombed in WW2. A building near the top center has 2 red crosses on its roof. Any guesses as to where this is? Thanks, Paul
The architecture and the landscape make me think of a small village in Northern France or along the coast between DunkIrk and Normandy. I doubt the cemetery is a WWI one, it is located right next to the church and far too small for a war burial place. It is most likely the village's burial place
I was thinking it is a WW1 cemetery because of the regular allignment of tombstones and the monument in the center of the tombstones. Paul
Me too, and a quick estimate reveals between 1000-1400 graves in it, which should narrow the search. This might help; http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=866168 - Google Maps
You could be right, but it may be both civilan and military. I believe that the graves immediately next to the church may be civilian and that war graves were added to it. 1400 you say? The monument could be a WWI one , but let us not jump to conclusions as every single village in France has a WWI monument, so was this one for the village casualties or a more general monument?
I agree with Skipper that it looks like a parish in northern France - but somehow it isn't saying "Caen" to me, as it's not St. Pierre or St. Etienne-le-Vieux.
well I say northern France I am thinking of the church towers you would find there, but these are also in the French Ardennes , so roughly I focuss on a rather vast area .The tiles are not large baked clay panes as in Flanders but small ones as in the compiegne, Reims, Charleville area. I don' think the D-day area is included. the church would not fit into the nORMANDY landscape
