Author Archives: Magicfingers

The Menin Gate – The Victoria Cross Recipients

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Magicfingers

The Menin Gate, lit up at night, Monday 14th May 2018.

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Kitchener’s Wood Memorial

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Magicfingers

So, where, exactly, is this Kitchener’s Wood, I hear you ask?  Well, sorry to disappoint, but there isn’t one.  Not any more.  But there was during the Great War, and it saw an action in 1915 that goes down as … Continue reading →

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St. Jean – White House Cemetery

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Magicfingers

It’s a grey day as we arrive at White House Cemetery, three quarters of a mile north east of the Menin Gate, on the road to St. Jean (Sint-Jan) and Wieltje.

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St. Jean War Memorial

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Magicfingers

The crossroads in the centre of the little village of St. Jean (now Sint-Jan), almost exactly one mile north east of the Menin Gate.

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Wieltje – Oxford Road Cemetery

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Magicfingers

At long last, here we are at Oxford Road Cemetery, no more than two miles north east of Ypres (Ieper).

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Wieltje – 50th Northumbrian Division Memorial

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Magicfingers

Maybe six hundred yards east, and a little north, of Wieltje Farm Cemetery, this impressive memorial remembers the men of the 50th Northumbrian Division.

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Dublin – Deansgrange Cemetery

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Magicfingers

The hardly inspiring entrance to Deansgrange Cemetery, some six miles south east of Dublin City centre, and less than two miles from the port of Dun Laoghaire.

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