Zillebeke – Maple Copse Cemetery

Posted on May 24, 2026 by Magicfingers

The sun is setting as we arrive at Maple Copse Cemetery at the end of another glorious spring day in Flanders’ fields.  Continue reading →

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Bullock Tractors & Elephant Feet

Posted on May 16, 2026 by Magicfingers

A Bullock tractor looms up in front of the cameraman during tests at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire in June 1915. Continue reading →

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Broodseinde – The 7th Division Memorial

Posted on May 10, 2026 by Magicfingers

Just to the east of Zonnebeke, and a few hundred yards south of the hamlet of Broodseinde, alongside the main N303 that connects the village of Passendale, as Passchendaele is now called, two miles to the north, and Wervik, way down south on the River Lys, stands this roadside memorial to the 7th Division. Continue reading →

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A Return to White House Cemetery

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Magicfingers

Some years back now, we paid a surprise visit to White House Cemetery, only half a mile north east of the Menin Gate in Ypres (Ieper), on a somewhat greyer day than this one.  Surprise, because one minute before we arrived, I had no idea we were going to stop here, and thus had done no research on the place beforehand.  Continue reading →

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Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Magicfingers

The entrance to Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension.  Note there is no sign of a cemetery name.  Continue reading →

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Dickebusch New Military Cemetery

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Magicfingers

Just a hundred yards south of Dickebusch church, we have another cemetery.  Or two cemeteries, to be strictly accurate, one on either side of the road. Continue reading →

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2026 in Flanders’ Fields

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Magicfingers

Yesterday I returned from my first Flanders trip in three years.  Continue reading →

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