Monday 4 June 2018 – St Floris and Trézennes Today
One hundred years on…
…the grey skies of St Floris have no reflection of the hazards they witnessed in 1918…
St Floris on 4 June 2018, looking west along the road known in 1918 as The Grand National from Hell Fire Corner, and showing the (rebuilt) spire of the church and the skies above. Click for larger image.
…and the ultra-dwarf crops at Trézennes hold no clues of the crash landing 100 years ago this morning from which a lightly damaged 2nd Lt Gregory was extracted.
An entirely troop-free Trézennes has forgotten the events of 100 years ago today, although the red-and-white colours of the right hand pylon stand as a reminder of aerial activity in the area. Click for larger image.
Header image credit: IGN France 1:25k/GreatWarDigital. St Floris is on the extreme right, and Trézennes is on the extreme left.
