Monthly Archives: July 2015

Hersham – St. Peter’s Church

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Magicfingers

Another victim, I think, of the Brooklands bombing.  There’s more information, very recently updated, actually, here, as well as an eye witness account of the raid from one of our readers here.  Cheers Bill. Found it! The grave of Company … Continue reading →

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Mawnan – St. Michael’s Church

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Magicfingers
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Sancreed – Church of St. Sancredus

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Magicfingers

      Click here to take a look a Sancreed war memorial.

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Witley Camp

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Magicfingers

During the Great War a number of army camps were set up on the commons south of Godalming in Surrey.  Tens of thousands of soldiers, many of them Canadian, passed through these camps on their way to the killing fields … Continue reading →

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Preston Plucknett War Memorial

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Magicfingers
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The Belgian Sector Addendum 2 – Coxyde Military Cemetery

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Magicfingers

Coxyde Military Cemetery, some four miles to the west of Nieuwpoort, is the last resting place of more than 1500 British soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Great War, as well as 155 from the Second World War.

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The Belgian Sector Addendum 1 – Koksijde War Memorial

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Magicfingers

About four miles to the west of Nieuport (now Nieuwpoort) along the channel coast, Coxyde (now Koksijde) war memorial remembers the fallen, civilian and military, of both World Wars.

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