Celebrating a Heroic Son of the City ; Peter Grant On a New Book About Double Vc Winner Noel Chavasse and His Own Pilgrimage to Find the War Hero's Final Resting Place

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ON a cold day a decade ago at Brandhoek's New Military cemetery in Clamertinge, Flanders, I took in the poignant view of endless white headstones.

I asked the tour guide where I could find the place where Captain Noel Chavasse, a Liverpool hero, was buried.

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Celebrating a Heroic Son of the City ; Peter Grant On a New Book About Double Vc Winner Noel Chavasse and His Own Pilgrimage to Find the War Hero's Final Resting Place

She apologised. She had not heard of him. My search, in those days without the aid of websites, seemed a lost cause.

I had made my pilgrimage to find Chavasse's grave, but to no avail.

I had wanted to pay my own tribute to a man who embodied everything good about the human ...

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