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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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Reninghelst New Military Cemetery

Down this grass pathway the soldiers lie.

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Reninghelst Churchyard & Extension

Next to Reninghelst church, there’s a purpose-built churchyard extension, with a Cross of Sacrifice front and centre.  Reninghelst had been occupied by British troops in the late autumn of 1914 and would remain in their hands throughout the war.

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Banbury – Southam Road Cemetery

So, here’s the story.  I don’t live anywhere close to here, but I was early for a gig that I’d driven eighty five miles to get to on a Monday evening, and had briefly researched this cemetery beforehand.  Just in … Continue reading

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Reninghelst War Memorial

I doubt if too many of you have visited Reninghelst.  It’s hardly on the coach tour route, and I imagine most people who visit likely have personal reasons for doing so. 

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