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One on the most famous memorials is in memory of a man
Harold Macmillan claimed could have become prime minister
- Lieutenant Gilbert Talbot.
“After Talbot’s death,” Charlie explains, “his brother, a vicar,
set up a refuge for soldiers behind the lines and named it
Talbot House. It blossomed into the worldwide Christian
movement known as Toc H.”
“On our Ypres Salient tour you can visit the chapel where
there are lists of men who took their first communion there,
many of whom were killed within a few days of returning to
the front lines.”
Whether they were a private soldier or an officer, no one that
died in Flanders is forgotten.
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