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Category Archives: Bunkers
From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Seven – The St. Eloi Craters
Look for the green gate, someone said. That’ll be it, then.
Posted in Bunkers, St. Eloi
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Zonnebeke War Memorial
Zonnebeke war memorial, next to the church, right in the centre of town.
Posted in Belgian War Memorials, Bunkers, Museums, Zonnebeke
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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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