An educational project at
Lycée L. S. Senghor Évreux High School
2014 - 2015
Our first meeting with Deep Respect in Colleville, september 2014
A school group should have met British RASC veteran Eric Rackham at Overlord Museum. Alas, Eric passed away a couple of weeks before the encounter with our group.
Tenno Dogger and Ian Patrick from Association Deep Respect accompany Eric Rackam's widow, Gloria.
La veuve du vétéran, Gloria, a eu la gentillesse de leur dire un petit mot.
Des élèves déposent une gerbe devant le portrait d'Eric, devant un véhicule DUKW du musée.
C'est une des caractéristiques de ce musée d'associer un véhicule ou une situation historique à un vétéran.
Our partnership with Deep Respect se
takes a new turn
Ian Patrick's father had been active in opérations that took place in Normandy from June 1944.
Ian tells to the students how a CWGC cemeteries are set up and why the graves are so distinct from those of other countries.
In Évreux, there are 77 graves of soldiers, 5 from WW I.
Most of the soldiers burried here were in the Air Force; some were in the infantry and had been billeted in Évreux between October 1939 and June 1940.
Seing those graves remind us of hw global the war was as soldiers burried here were South-Africans, New-Zealanders as well as Alerican (1 volunteer) and British.
Students are invited to discover the links between history and memories
Deep Respect shared its endeavour with the students: they were invited to lay a rose each and write a word of remembrance: these emotions may help to understand some of the issues that will later be studied in class
