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The Men Who Came Home – A Memorial Part Sixteen – The Royal Sussex Regiment, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment & The Royal West Kents

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Magicfingers

On the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, a day when close on 20,000 British soldiers would lose their lives – this is Ancre British Cemetery, near Beaumont-Hamel – allow me … Continue reading →

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Farnborough – Victoria Road Cemetery

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Magicfingers

Once known as Farnborough Church Burial Ground, the cemetery is an extension of St. Peter’s churchyard, beyond the distant trees. 

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East Grinstead – St. Swithun’s Church

Posted on June 13, 2026 by Magicfingers

I found myself at a gig the other month in East Grinstead, and with some time to spare beforehand, a peek inside the church seemed a good move. 

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More Military Tractors

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Magicfingers

The Newton Universal Military Tractor.  In case your literacy skills have just let you down.

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Zillebeke – Maple Copse Cemetery

Posted on May 24, 2026 by Magicfingers

The sun is setting as we arrive at Maple Copse Cemetery at the end of another glorious spring day in Flanders’ fields. 

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Bullock Tractors & Elephant Feet

Posted on May 16, 2026 by Magicfingers

A Bullock tractor looms up in front of the cameraman during tests at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire in June 1915.

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Broodseinde – The 7th Division Memorial

Posted on May 10, 2026 by Magicfingers

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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