BY JIM HOLLANDS 28 July 1914 was a beautiful summer day, but by the time the sun had set a terrible war had started that would not end for over four years. By 11am on the 11 November 1918, when the armistice brought silence to the battlefields of France and Flanders, in excess of nine … Continue reading 100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began
Tag: Flanders
This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Flanders, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. The trail includes “100 Years have Passed Since The War To End All Wars Began” and “The Poppy fields of Rye”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
The Poppy fields of Rye
The Field of Battle We have all heard of Flanders Fields, where poppies bloomed across the battlefields and were said by soldiers of that terrible war to represent the blood of the thousands that fell there, but what of the poppy fields of Rye?