Monthly Archives: December 2018

Coming up in 2019

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Magicfingers

A sneak preview of what’s coming up next year.  Along with the usual one-off posts, much of 2019 will be spent following the course of the war in the area to the south west of Ypres, along with one major … Continue reading →

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From the Men of 29th Division……

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Magicfingers

This understated 1918 Christmas card from the collection perhaps reflects the mixed emotions felt as the first peacetime Christmas for five years approached.

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Fourth Army Standing Orders: Adjutant-General’s and Quartermaster-General’s Branch 1917

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Magicfingers

Now this all sounds a bit dour, doesn’t it? 

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A Return Walk in the Palingbeek

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Magicfingers

It’s the afternoon of Armistice Day 2018, and the Palingbeek looks glorious in the late autumn sunshine. 

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‘They Shall Never See Spring Flowers Bloom Again’

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Magicfingers

A short post about the Chinese Labour Corps, because we come across their headstones on rare occasions, as I did a few weeks back, and because it allows me to show you this photograph of a mass of happy Chinese … Continue reading →

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Kilmainham Gaol Museum

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Magicfingers

I promised you a look around the museum at Kilmainham Gaol, and as this post is in effect Kilmainham Gaol Part Two, it comes fairly swiftly after the first. 

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The Easter Rising Part Eleven – Kilmainham Gaol

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Magicfingers

A change of tack for a couple of posts, as we return to the struggles taking place in Ireland in 1916 as, across the Channel, the Great War entered its twenty second month and the Battle of the Somme loomed … Continue reading →

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