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- Post Update No. 1 May 12, 2023
- ‘Let’s Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs’ May 4, 2023
- Oak Dump Cemetery April 29, 2023
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part One – Laventie Military Cemetery
Our last trip to French Flanders, four years ago now, took us along the River Lys from Erquinghem to La Gorgue, ending with a visit to the Great War burials within the town’s communal cemetery.
Posted in French Flanders, Fromelles, Laventie
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Post Updates Nos. 2 & 3 – Maple Leaf & Underhill Farm Cemeteries
A couple of updated older posts for you, as promised, both little-visited cemeteries, because both are somewhat off the beaten track.
Posted in Miscellaneous
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Mont Kemmel – The Lettenberg Bunkers
Restored British bunkers on the slopes of the Kemmelberg.
Posted in Bunkers, Kemmel
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Post Update No. 1
Time, as we all know, is a creeper. One minute you’re starting a brand new website and hoping that someone, somewhere, will find it of interest, and the next, you’re staring at years of work with tens of thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
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‘Let’s Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs’
A sunny afternoon in Flanders’ fields. Looks nice, doesn’t it? All the pictures in this post, barring the final two, were taken in various different cemeteries in Belgian Flanders a fortnight ago (most will enlarge if you click them).
Posted in Headstones
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Oak Dump Cemetery
The entrance to Oak Dump Cemetery, these photographs taken exactly one week ago this afternoon.
Posted in Voormezele
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