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Another Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Update

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Magicfingers

A Google map showing the position of the places we visit during the tour is now available by clicking the new Tour Maps link on the home page.  Hope you find it of use.

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Balders in Blighty

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Magicfingers

Saturday, 11th February 2012.  Baldrick ponders the vagaries of life on a weekend visit to Blighty.  The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, maybe the London Eye?  Nope.  Local war memorial.  Smile please.

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Dadizele Communal Cemetery

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Magicfingers

The last time we came to Dadizele (our visit to Dadizeele New British Cemetery) it was cold.  Very cold.  Beautiful, with the previous day’s snow still on the ground.  But very, very cold.  At the time I suggested that we should come back … Continue reading →

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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood – Part Twelve

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Magicfingers

It’s been more than a year since the ‘Tour of Ploegsteert Wood’ project began and we are now finally nearing the conclusion.  For those of you who have followed our progress around (and within) Ploegsteert Wood, I ought to mention at … Continue reading →

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Dadizeele New British Cemetery

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Magicfingers

If you were to travel some seven miles or so, as the crow flies, due east of the city of  Ieper (Ypres), you would find yourself amidst the battlefields of late 1918, when British, French & Belgian troops were pushing … Continue reading →

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Urgent!

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Magicfingers

I wonder how many times during the War messages similar to this in content were hastily scribbled and sent by runner back to Company HQ?

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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood – Part Eleven

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Magicfingers

The calvary at the crossroads at Le Gheer, sited exactly where it was a hundred years ago.  There’s a photograph of it taken in 1915 in the late Tony Spagnoly’s excellent book ’A Walk Round Plugstreet’, and you will find another one if you … Continue reading →

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