Category Archives: Documents

Twenty Minutes After

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Magicfingers

A few years back now, I showed you a couple of pieces of artwork by Lieutenant Hugh Mossom Boyd of the Royal Engineers that I was kindly allowed to scan and publish, and I thought you might like to see … Continue reading →

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One in a Million

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Magicfingers

Edward Hughes, circa 1900.  One in a million.

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The Business of War

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Magicfingers

An old, tattered, yet rather unusual photograph I was given just today.

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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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Memories of Spoilbank

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Magicfingers

I thought you might like to see this.  Drawn by Lieutenant (and later Captain) H. M. Boyd, Royal Engineers, and kindly lent to me for use on this site by a member of his family (who naturally holds the copyright), it shows the area referred … Continue reading →

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Xth Corps Burial Instructions

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Magicfingers

Interesting, desperately tragic, yet entirely pertinent to the content of this website, these instructions for the recovery and burial of the dead were circulated by Xth Corps prior to the British attack on the Messines ridge on June 7th 1917.

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