Although this web site belongs to me and I am the one
responsible for updates and ongoing research, what is contained in some of these pages
is not solely my own work. When I began to research the war memorials, I was
unaware that there was someone else in Scholes who was doing the same thing.
I was introduced to Christine Hudson in 2005, we pooled
our notes and took the project forward far enough to enable us to put together
a memorial book in time to be presented to the Parish of Barwick in Elmet at
the Remembrance Parade of that year.
Without Christine's input the pages of this web site would
not have been possible, and I thank her for her enthusiasm and dedication to
the project.
The members of the Great War Forum must be specially
mentioned, although to list everyone who has helped me would take forever. In
the early days of my research, they helped enormously.
They have supported me in my project to create this site,
not only with advice and encouragement, but with hard facts and information. I
thank them all.
I must also thank the many friends I have made in my years
of travelling to the Western Front.
Sadly, some of the older generations are
now dead, but those charming old Flemings, Lucie and Filip, who lived on the
road out of Ieper towards Wieltje, always had a smile, a wave, a few words of
incomprehensible 'Flemglish' and often a coffee to share with me. Filip was
very generous with his foul-smelling miniature cigars. He used the language
barrier to ignore my refusals. Old makes way for the new, and I am very pleased
to be able to continue friendships and the trade of information with people who
live on the old battlefields of France and Belgium, both native and British.
Of course, any errors or omissions this website contains are
mine and mine alone.
