Marking places on battefields is always a tricky business. hence the use of simple identifiers such as Lone Tree, Railway Corner etc. Our old friend Rose Coombs told how this cemetery got its name. Apparently there had been an estaminet nearby and at the beginning of the war a London Transport B Type Omnibus (Ole Bill) used to drop troops there.

Marking places on battefields is always a tricky business. hence the use of simple identifiers such as Lone Tree, Railway Corner etc. Our old friend Rose Coombs told how this cemetery got its name. Apparently there had been an estaminet nearby and at the beginning of the war a London Transport B Type Omnibus (Ole Bill)  used to drop troops there. Stock Photo
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31 August 2016

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