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Mont Kemmel Part Sixteen – Locre No.10 Cemetery

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Magicfingers

Locre No.10 Cemetery can be found about six hundred yards north of our previous stop in Dranouter, and not much further south of the village of Loker, as it is now known. Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Fifteen – Dranoutre Military Cemetery

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Magicfingers

Now there’s an interesting, if curious, still-life for you. Continue reading →

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The Men Who Came Home – A Memorial Part Eleven – The Royal Navy

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Magicfingers

Another postcard for you, although what you see is what you get; I have no information whatsoever about these men, the reverse of the card being blank. Nice picture though, don’t you think? Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Fourteen – Dranouter Churchyard & War Memorial

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Magicfingers

Appropriately, on Remembrance Sunday, it’s time for us to return to the battlefields of Kemmel, where the churchyards and military cemeteries still tell their sad tale of death and sorrow. We begin Part Two of our tour at the rebuilt Dranoutre (now Dranouter) church, a mile and a half south west of Mont Kemmel. Continue reading →

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