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Category Archives: Shot at Dawn
Poperinge Part Three – Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery
The entrance to Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.
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French Flanders: The Cemeteries on the Lys Part Eight – 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: The Cemeteries on the Lys Part Seven – 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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A Tour of Boesinghe Prelude – Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery
If you follow the main road out of Ieper (Ypres) north towards Boezinge (Boesinghe during the Great War), after only a few minutes, Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery comes into view on the right hand side of the road.
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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Eleven – Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery
The final stop (for the moment) on our tour is Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, a little way west of Steenwerck.
French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Seven – Trois Arbres Cemetery
Leaving the Armentières-Bailleul road, and taking the southern turn-off from Pont-d’Achelles, after a short distance we reach Trois Arbres Cemetery, where over 1,700 British soldiers are now buried or commemorated.