These British soldiers survived Ypres but what happened when they went home'

History | 207342 hits | Oct 05 11:05 pm | Posted by: martin14

The tank commanders are in their camp at La Lovie, near the Belgian town of Poperinge, where they could try to forget their forays into the notorious killing zone known as the Ypres Salient.

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by martin14
Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:07 am
The lucky ones: British soldiers are pictured enjoying a respite from the killing fields of Ypres. Now, historians have found they ALL survived. So what happened when they went home?

Tank commanders are in their camp at La Lovie, near the Belgian town of Poperinge
Identities revealed thanks to letter in The Tank journal in 1950s, in which veteran recognised his comrades
Second Lt Frederick King returned to what is now Southern Rhodesia and resumed his police career
Major Richard Cooper moved to US, became big-game hunter and close friend of Ernest Hemingway
by martin14
Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:08 am
by xerxes
Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:20 am
Very neat! Thanks for posting.

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