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Category Archives: Shot at Dawn
The Elverdinge Burial Grounds Part One – Hagle Dump Cemetery
At the end of the previous post we found ourselves here (see inset), if you remember, having just spent some time in Red Farm Military Cemetery, one of the smallest cemeteries in the Salient. The four tall poplar trees that … Continue reading
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Poperinge Part Five – The Condemned Cell & Execution Courtyard
“I could not look on Death, which being known, Men led me to him, blindfold and alone.” At the start of this tour of Poperinge, I said that we would return to the centre of town in due course, and … Continue reading
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Poperinge Part Four – Poperinghe New Military Cemetery
Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
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Poperinge Part Three – Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery
The entrance to Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.
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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Nine – Estaires Communal Cemetery & Extension Part One
After our brief visit to the battlefield of Culloden, it’s time to head back to Flanders for your Bank Holiday, if you are in England, reading. Our next stop on our journey up the River Lys is Estaires, where there … Continue reading
French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Eight – Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery
Anzac Cemetery once more, but the weather’s not so good this time. It’ll probably get better later.
St. Jean – White House Cemetery
It’s a grey day as we arrive at White House Cemetery, three quarters of a mile north east of the Menin Gate, on the road to St. Jean (Sint-Jan) and Wieltje.
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