On Monday the 8th October, we went back to France to conduct the 41st and 42nd of our 45 personal remembrance services this 100th year since the Armistice.

We stood over the grave of Thomas Mitchell (brother of Henry Lait Mitchell and uncle of Sydney Mitchell – who are both also in our village’s 45 fallen and on our memorials) who died of his wounds in a field hospital in Rouen and the grave of William Dolman who died in fierce fighting in Villers-Faucon.

At both prayers were said and life stories recounted. A wreath of West Norfolk Lavender was laid, wrapped in a Snettisham Torc and letters from the community and Snettisham Primary School pupils.

We went back specifically for these two men as Thomas’s location was too far away from those visited in the summer to be viable on that visit and William’s true identity or location of burial was not known at the time, only coming to light after further research which led to his family descendants.