Author Archives: Magicfingers

Broodseinde – The 7th Division Memorial

Just to the east of Zonnebeke, and a few hundred yards south of the hamlet of Broodseinde, alongside the main N303 that connects the village of Passendale, as Passchendaele is now called, two miles to the north, and Wervik, way … Continue reading

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A Return to White House Cemetery

Some years back now, we paid a surprise visit to White House Cemetery, only half a mile north east of the Menin Gate in Ypres (Ieper), on a somewhat greyer day than this one.  Surprise, because one minute before we … Continue reading

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Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension

The entrance to Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension.  Note there is no sign of a cemetery name. 

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Dickebusch New Military Cemetery

Just a hundred yards south of Dickebusch church, we have another cemetery.  Or two cemeteries, to be strictly accurate, one on either side of the road.

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2026 in Flanders’ Fields

Yesterday I returned from my first Flanders trip in three years. 

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Dorking Cemetery: A Local V.C.

A glorious March afternoon in the Surrey hills. 

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Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery

On the other side of the road, opposite Dickebusch church, a small military cemetery contains just forty six Great War burials.

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