Author Archives: Magicfingers

Generations at War

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Magicfingers

Thoroughly uninteresting postcard (hence the tiny inset) of a tomb in Rouen Cathedral that was awaiting me on my return to Blighty the other day, more than made up for by the note on the back – from serving son … Continue reading →

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Poperinge Part Five – The Condemned Cell & Execution Courtyard – Updated January 2020

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Magicfingers

“I could not look on Death, which being known, Men led me to him, blindfold and alone.”  At the start of this tour of Poperinge, I said that we would return to the centre of town in due course, and … Continue reading →

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Weekend Report

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Magicfingers

A few shots from this weekend’s Flanders excursion. 

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New Arrival

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Magicfingers

I’m very sorry about this.  I don’t normally do this sort of thing.

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Witley (Milford) Cemetery

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Magicfingers

A few years ago now, I spent a day digging at the site of the old Canadian Military Camp at Witley (you might remember it – there’ll be a link at the end of the post anyway).  Since then I … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Men of Wittenberg

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Magicfingers

Happy New Year all.  I bought myself a Christmas present this year.  Well, I kind of bought all of us a Christmas present this year, because I figured that once this twenty-page booklet, published in 1918, arrived, I’d scan it … Continue reading →

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The Brandhoek Burial Grounds Part One – Red Farm Military Cemetery

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Magicfingers

This sometime series of posts looking at the cemeteries in and around Brandhoek begins with a visit to by far the smallest, Red Farm Military Cemetery.

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