While visiting WW1 memorials / graveyards in France we visited a German cemetery at Friecourt and alone in this cemetery was a wreath laid by someone and written in German, but what caught my eye was 'Whitby' North Yorkshire.

Can anyone read and translate please.

A bit rusty but here goes

For Johann Frank from Heppenheim in Bergstrasse,
fallen 1-7-1916

From the Students, teachers and parents of Eskdale School, whitby, North Yorkshire where your greatniece
goes to school.
"You will not be forgotten"

might be went to school?

Last edited by taztastic on 10th Aug 2014 9:24 am. Edited 1 time in total

I can't but I believe Google can. In fact a couple of guys on a Ford forum I use were exchanging words from English to Russian and vice versa using some translation feature found with Google.

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Well done Taztastic.

The great nice "went" to that school.
It finishes - You are not forgotten.

It is a little strange that the writer chose to use the personal address of "Du" in the sign off, as those parties in the message giving their gratitude do not appear to be direct descendants or did not know the fallen soldier personally. The German language has a very strict hierarchy when using salutations and this is the "familiar" form of address.

Thank you for your answers the cemetery felt to me to be a little forgotten and many of them were teenagers perhaps innocent to what lay ahead for them, I felt as sad for them as for all the other nationalities.

With a currently known number of casualties (dead & wounded / military & civilian) of 35 million souls WW1 consumed possibly 35m too many innocents. May none of those who perished be forgotten or ridiculed.