The Adjutants Lounge - The Opel Coast; 100 miles of nothing (Pt 3)

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