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- British Rifle Grenades of the Great War – A Brief Pictorial Overview November 13, 2025
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Author Archives: Magicfingers
Farnborough War Memorial
Over the road from St. Mark’s church in Farnborough – the one in Hampshire, not Kent – stands this war memorial. The memorial remembers the men, and women, of Farnborough who died during the Great War. There are, apparently, one … Continue reading
The Rifle Grenade Part Seven – The British No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’ Rifle Grenade & the Newton 6-inch Trench Mortar
We looked at British rifle grenades in some detail recently, and here we have the only example of a British rod grenade in my collection, the No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’.
Posted in British Grenades, Rifle Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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The Stokes Mortar
Some of you might remember this rusted wine bottle-shaped thingy, one of the occasional live pieces of ordnance that I have stumbled over on my travels over the years.
Posted in Weaponry & Relics
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British Rifle Grenades of the Great War – A Brief Pictorial Overview
Two examples of British rifle grenades ‘in action’ during the Great War.
Posted in British Grenades, Rifle Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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Kemmel – La Clytte Military Cemetery
La Clytte Military Cemetery can be found a couple of miles south east of Reningelst (once Reninghelst, with an ‘h’) on the road to Kemmel.
Posted in Kemmel, Shot at Dawn
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Grootebeek British Cemetery
Grootebeek British Cemetery appears almost unfinished from the road, with no sign of a boundary wall separating field from burial ground.
Posted in Reninghelst, Victoria Cross
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Reninghelst New Military Cemetery
Down this grass pathway the soldiers lie.
Posted in Reninghelst, Shot at Dawn
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