Signatures left on cave walls by soldiers 100 years ago.

Other caves and other Grafitti

The limestone topography of Picardy has allowed many caves to be dug over the centuries and other graffiti left. In places like Arras, quarries exist where other tunnelling soldiers also visited from New Zealand and England. Neuville St Vast was used by Canadians, Lanches -Saint-Hilaire has graffiti of English , French and Canadians also. Bouzincourt and Doullens also have smaller collections of Australian Graffitti. The German soldiers also left their mark with impressive stone carvings.

Photos courtesy- Gilles Prileaux/INRAP/Dominique Bossut