Gary returns with more revelations from the Opel Coast and the Seven Valley. This episode is awash with historical details and characters, explanations on why War Graves are laid out the way they are and features the birthplace of the RAF too. Honourable mentions to nurses, CWGC, Tom Jones, PG Wodehouse, Bessie Coleman and Field Marshal Frederick Roberts.

Links to pages of interest:

Étaples Military Cemetery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89taples_Military_Cemetery
Vera Brittain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Brittain
Nursing in First World War: https://www.independentnurse.co.uk/professional-article/nursing-in-the-first-world-war/64504
Voluntary Aid Detachment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Aid_Detachment
Le Touquet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Touquet
P. G. Wodehouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse
Hundred Years' War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War
The Somme Bay Railway: https://www.visit-somme.com/somme-bay/travelling-back-time-somme-bay-railway
Bessie Coleman: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman
Joan of Arc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
War of the Spanish Succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
Huby-St Leu British Cemetery: https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/65305/Huby-St.%20Leu%20British%20Cemetery/
The Seven Valleys: https://www.informationfrance.com/les-7-vallees/
V1 launch site Ligescourt: https://www.battlefieldsww2.com/v1-launch-site-ligescourt.html
La Coupole: https://www.lacoupole-france.com/
Westland Lysander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Lysander
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts VC: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/frederick-roberts-bobs

Publishers/book series of interest:

After the Battle series: https://www.afterthebattle.com/

Pen & Sword Battleground series: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Battleground-Books-WWII/s/27

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