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Category Archives: The Menin Road
Menin Road South Military Cemetery
A wet afternoon, just a few hundred yards east of the Menin Gate, finds us at Menin Road South Military Cemetery.
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Kruiseik War Memorial
The village of Kruiseik, situated just south of the Menin Road about a mile east of Geluveld, was captured by the Germans, after several days of heavy fighting, on 29th October 1914, and remained in their hands until recaptured by … Continue reading
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Birr Cross Roads Cemetery
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, situated on the south side of the Menin Road a few hundred yards east of the once infamous Hellfire Corner. Birr Cross Roads was as far as wheeled transport was allowed to go during the period … Continue reading
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The Menin Road & Hill 62
The Menin Road, 2013. Somewhat different to, and considerably safer than, a hundred years, or thereabouts, ago. How many photos have you seen taken from this viewpoint during the first three years of the War? Not that many, I would … Continue reading
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Hooge Crater
The area around Hooge was the scene of almost constant fighting between 1914 & 1917. Both sides exploded mines beneath the front line trenches here, the evidence of which, as you will see, still exists among the trees to the … Continue reading
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Hooge Crater Cemetery
Now this is not the definitive tour of Hooge Crater Cemetery. It’s not actually a tour of the cemetery at all, because although I have visited twice, on both occasions, for different reasons, I was unable to take many photographs. … Continue reading
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Along the River Leie Part Six – Geluwe War Memorial & William Thomas Leggett Memorial
Geluwe, like the other towns we have visited, was occupied by the Germans for most of the First World War, and, again like the others, was totally destroyed during the course of it.
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