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Category Archives: Bunkers
Inverness – Fort George
View from the Point Battery at Fort George, looking out on to the Moray Firth.
Posted in Bunkers, Museums
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A Return to Hill 60 – The Victoria Cross Actions of April 1915
‘Though poppies grow in Flanders fields’. And the poppies are no myth, although this tranquil scene, looking west towards the spires of Ypres (Ieper) away on the horizon, would have been one of utter desolation for much of the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Bunkers, Hill 60, Zillebeke
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The Bayernwald Trenches
In the fields just over three miles south, and a little west, of the Lille Gate in Ypres (Ieper), there’s a little cemetery called Croonaert Chapel Cemetery, named after a shrine that once stood on the road between Wytschaete and … Continue reading
Posted in Bunkers
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A Tour of Langemark Part Six- The Wilhelm Stellung & the 34th Division Memorial
The 34th Division memorial can be found about 500 yards north west of Langemark German War Cemetery.
Posted in Bunkers, Langemark
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A Tour of Langemark Part Five – Langemark German Military Cemetery
On the northern outskirts of Langemark, this is one of only four German Great War cemeteries to be found today in Belgian Flanders.
Posted in Bunkers, German Military Cemeteries, Langemark
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Lankhof Farm Demarcation Stone & Bunkers
The road leads north to Ypres (Ieper), less than two miles ahead of us, but, as with so many places in Flanders, if you keep your eyes peeled, there are things to see on the way.
Posted in Bunkers, Demarcation Stones, Ypres (Ieper)
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A Tour of Boesinghe Addendum – Goumier Farm Bunker & 38th (Welch) Division Plaque
Goumier Farm Bunker is two thirds of a mile across the fields north east of No Man’s Cot Cemetery, a mile and a half east of the Yser Canal and, technically, still in the commune of Boesinghe, hence its appearance … Continue reading
Posted in Boesinghe, Bunkers
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