Also remembering.

[Simon Furnell]

Evening all.

I have been remembering,today,my Great-grandad,Private 17136,John Allum,3rd Royal Berks,attached Labour Corps,who was KIA and is buried at Templeux-le-Guerard.

In the same cemetary,is buried Ian Fleming's father,and it is such a peacefull place,with views over a farm,and rolling fields.

Not a lot different from the places he had known as a kid/teenager/father of one.

Family rumour has it that he was almost stone deaf,and,at 36,should have been no where near the front anyway.

Different breed,36 year olds,in those days.

I know the name,Abercrombie,and seem to think that it is of Irish origin.

However,i am not surprised to see it mentioned in a Scottish Regiment.

Remembering them both,and the many hundreds more,who lost their lives on this day,during war.

Simon.