Category Archives: The Nursery

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

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Magicfingers

Before we leave Nieppe we shall naturally pay our respects at the village war memorial.

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French Flanders – Suffolk Cemetery, La Rolanderie Farm

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Magicfingers

Happy New Year everyone.  Let’s return to the Nursery. 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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French Flanders – Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Magicfingers

The small town of Erquinghem-Lys, a very short distance to the south west of Armentières, was occupied briefly by the Germans early in October 1914, before the British captured it on the 16th of the month.  From then it remained … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part One – Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery & the Cite Bonjean (New Zealand) Memorial

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Magicfingers

Situated in the south western corner of the town of Armentières, Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in this part of French Flanders.

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part Fifteen – Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Magicfingers

The final stop on our tour of the Nursery is Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension.

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part Fourteen – Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Magicfingers

A mile up the road from La Chapelle d’Armentières, and no more than a mile due east of Armentières itself, the penultimate cemetery on our tour is Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery.

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part Thirteen – A Tour Map

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Magicfingers

With only two cemeteries still to visit on this tour of the Nursery, I thought it might interest you to see where we have been, and where we have still to go, on this very nice Google map.  If you … Continue reading →

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