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Category Archives: Armentières to La Gorgue
French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Six – Sailly-sur-la-Lys Churchyard & War Memorial
The entrance to Sailly-sur-la-Lys churchyard.
French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Five – Sailly-sur-la-Lys German Military Cemetery
As we follow the course of the River Lys west we enter the town of Sailly-sur-la-Lys, which straggles its way for some distance along the river’s southern bank.
French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Four – Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery
Two and half miles due west of Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm), but now about 400 yards north of the river on the inside of a huge meander, this is Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, the first cemetery on our tour that … Continue reading
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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Three – A Return to Suffolk Cemetery (La Rolanderie Farm)
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: Armentières to La Gorgue Part One: Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension
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 – our third – to the cemetery at Erquinghem-Lys, … Continue reading
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French Flanders: A Return to Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension
The last time we visited Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension it was a grey, overcast summer’s day.
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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Two – Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm
Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm, can be found in the middle of the fields a few hundred yards south of the town of Erquinghem-Lys.
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