Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Leatherhead War Memorial, Sunday, 10th November 2013.

If battlefield crosses are your thing, you might find this of interest: St. Mary’s Church Byfleet

Last year I found myself in Dublin for a few days, and while the missus was meeting up with friends one afternoon, I took the opportunity to visit a cemetery that I had wanted to see for quite some time.  … Continue reading →

Caterpillar Crater, 13th January 2013.

I recently came across this plan of the Casualty Clearing Station at Lillers in France, some fifteen miles behind the front lines, and thought it worth sharing.  The lists at the bottom suggest that by late 1917 there had been … Continue reading →

Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey was initially established in 1917 to provide a cemetery for servicemen and women who died in hospitals in London and the surrounding area.  Many had been evacuated, sick or wounded, from Flanders and France, whilst … Continue reading →

Leatherhead War Memorial, 11th November 2012 (more photos in the Surrey Category).