Monthly Archives: January 2012

Urgent!

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Magicfingers

I wonder how many times during the War messages similar to this in content were hastily scribbled and sent by runner back to Company HQ?

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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Part Eleven – Le Gheer & the Birdcage

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Magicfingers

The calvary at the crossroads at Le Gheer, sited exactly where it was a hundred years ago.  There’s a photograph of it taken in 1915 in the late Tony Spagnoly’s excellent book ‘A Walk Round Plugstreet’, and you will find another one if you … Continue reading →

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Zandvoorde – The Household Cavalry Monument

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Magicfingers

Modern development means that the Household Cavalry Monument at Zandvoorde is now accessed by a narrow alleyway between two buildings.

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Zandvoorde War Memorial & Churchyard

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Magicfingers

The church of St. Bartholomew at Zandvoorde, destroyed during the First World War and rebuilt in the 1920s.

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Zantvoorde British Cemetery – Part Two

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Magicfingers

A few weeks before Christmas, the family Baldrick & I revisited* Zandvoorde and the British cemetery there.  Last time it was a beautiful summer’s day, blue sky, fluffy white clouds.  Not so nice today, but a good opportunity nonetheless to rectify some omissions from … Continue reading →

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In an English Country Churchyard

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Magicfingers

The war memorial outside St. Mary’s Church in Templecombe, Somerset.  And to the very nice lady who enquired as to the nature of my churchyard investigations that afternoon, you will find the rest of the photographs in the Back in Blighty – Somerset … Continue reading →

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