Category Archives: French Flanders

French Flanders: The Cemeteries on the Lys Part Two – A Return to Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm)

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Magicfingers

It’s only a little place, Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm), but it will forever be dear to my heart.  And I suppose, for personal reasons, this is up there with the most important of the close-on nine hundred posts that … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: The Cemeteries on the Lys Part One: Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Magicfingers

Okay, I’ve been intimating for some time now that we will be off on a new tour soon, so let’s bite the bullet and get started.  We begin with another visit to the cemetery at Erquinghem-Lys, just a mile south … Continue reading →

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A Return to Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Magicfingers

The last time we visited Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension it was a grey, overcast summer’s day.

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Eleven – Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Magicfingers

The final stop (for the moment) on our tour is Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, a little way west of Steenwerck.

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Ten – Steenwerck Communal Cemetery

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Magicfingers

Steenwerck Communal Cemetery entrance.

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Nine – Steenwerck War Memorial

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Magicfingers

Steenwerck war memorial.

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Eight – Steenwerck German Military Cemetery

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Magicfingers

As we head towards Steenwerck, our next stop finds us at the German Cemetery named after the commune.

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