Author Archives: Magicfingers

La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Magicfingers

On the south side of La Plus Douve Farm the second of the two cemeteries here…

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Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Magicfingers

Half a mile east of Wulvergem, just south of the road that leads towards Messines (now Mesen), this farm down in the valley of the River Douve plays host to two CWGC cemteries.

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Night Comes In

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Magicfingers

Spot the Cross of Sacrifice.  Sunset at Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe.

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Flanders Fields, January 2014

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Magicfingers

Flanders report, 24-27 January 2014:  Over the course of the weekend Baldrick and I visited 22 cemeteries…

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So What Are You Up To This Weekend?

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Magicfingers

Me, I shall be slipping and sliding around the soggy fields of Flanders.  By this time tomorrow evening it is reasonable to assume that Baldrick and I will have quaffed (more than) a beer or two whilst discussing our plans … Continue reading →

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So How Was Your Christmas?

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Magicfingers

Houston, we have a problem…

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Wulvergem Churchyard

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Magicfingers

Wulvergem church.  A single plot in the churchyard contains the graves of nine identified and four unidentified men, along with a row of twelve special memorial headstones commemorating 23 men buried here whose graves were lost in later fighting.

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