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  Title: Our WW1 Book
     
  Description: Page 12: Vimy Ridge

Image of the Vimy Ridge memorial and text insert reading, 'The Vimy Ridge memorial was in dedication to the 11,285 Canadians whom sic lost their lives in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps against the German Army'.
     
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Cover Page of Book: Our WW1 <br/><br/>Image of the five students from Marsden Heights Community College who created this book, holding a poppy wreath.
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Page 1: Introductory page- Our WW1. Acknowledgements - Heritage Lottery Fund and the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant who funded the project. An image of the Tyne Cot and Langemark Cemetery. <br/><br/>
Page 2: Tyne Cot and Langemark Cemetery. <br/><br/>Panoramic photograph of cemetary war graves.
Page 3: Welsh and Lancashire Cottage Cemetery, Execution Wall at Peronne and Essex Farm Cemetery. <br/><br/>Four photographs - showing the students by tombstones at the Welsh, and lancashire Cottage Cemetery, with a following image of a close up of the Execution Wall at Peronne and Essex Farm Cemetery.
Page 4: Tyne Cot Cemetary <br/><br/>Photo of Tyne Cot Cemetery with a small text insert reading 'Tyne Cot British Cemetery is largest commonwealth cemetery anywhere, from any war and was the largest cemetery we had seen all day. It had 12,000 soldiers buried and an arched wall containing the names of 33,500 missing soldiers'.
Page 5: Menin Gate <br/><br/>Images (L-R): A poppy wreath students standing beside a memoral statue memorial wall at Menin Gate the Royal Irish Fusilers playing their bugles The Royal Irish Guards marching in formation in full Dress Uniform a small plack of fallen Punjabi, Sikh and Pathan soldiers at Menin Gate. <br/><br/>
Page 6: Menin Gate <br/><br/>Two images: L- Royal Irish Gaurds marching band in full dress uniform R- Menin Gate entrance illuminated at night in the rain.
Page 7: Perome - Historical de la Grande Guerre <br/><br/>Series of historical photos from Peronne such as Archaeological artefacts, poppy wreaths, the students outside Flanders fields, guide book and statues of french soldiers.
Page 8: Memorials <br/><br/>Nine photographs showing numerous memorials from across France and Belgium including the Ulster Tower (Thiepval) and Flanders Fields.
Page 9: Thiepval Memorial <br/><br/>Image of the students and their guides at Thiepval Memorial. <br/><br/>Textual insert - ' The Thiepval Memorial is dedicated to the Missing of the Somme and bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave'. <br/><br/>This paragraph stating that the Thiepval Memorial, is dedicated to the missing soldiers of the Somme and bears the namess of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sectopr before the 20th of March 1918 and have no known grave.
Page 10: Pozieres Military Cemetary <br/><br/>Photograph of war graves at Pozieres Military Cemetery.
Page 11: Lochnagar Crater and Pozieres Cemetery. <br/><br/>Four images of different memorials relating to the Lochnagar Carter and Pozieres Cemetery. A series of different grave stones with unique carving and a stream of poppy wreaths along side an image of The Lochnagar Carter Memorial Plaque. <br/><br/>
Page 12: Vimy Ridge <br/><br/>Image of the Vimy Ridge memorial and text insert reading, 'The Vimy Ridge memorial was in dedication to the 11,285 Canadians whom sic lost their lives in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps against the German Army'.
Page 13: Vimy Ridge Memorial and Trenches <br/><br/>Series of ten images of the students visit toi Vimy Ridge Memorial and trenches. <br/><br/>
Page 14: Arras <br/><br/>Image of the students and everyone that helped them in Arras with a small paragraph stating, 'Final goodbyes for the group in Arras. We met some amazing people and had an unforgettable experience'.
Page 15: <br/><br/>Image of three students standing infront of their Our WW1 History board they have created of there journey around the memorials/military sites of France and Belgium.
Page 16: Imperial War Museum and Brighton Pavilion <br/><br/>Seven images of the students' trip to the Imperial War Musuem and Brighton Pavilion.
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