Author Archives: Magicfingers

German & Austro-Hungarian Official Field Postcards

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Magicfingers

Great War postcards are strange creatures.  They allow us the most personal of insights into the men and women who wrote them, and yet at the same time they represent one of the largest military administrative operations ever seen, considering … Continue reading →

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A Subaltern’s Lot

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Magicfingers

So, young man, you think you have what it takes to be a subaltern in the King’s Army?

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Aldershot Military Cemetery Part One

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Magicfingers

Aldershot – ‘The Home of the British Army’.  At the start of 1855, with the Crimean War still more than a year from its conclusion, the Army began constructing its first bespoke, as we might say today, training camp in … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Richebourg Part Two – Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Magicfingers

Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery was begun in January 1915, and when it closed in February 1917, only around one hundred & fifty men had been buried here. 

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French Flanders: Richebourg Part One – Richebourg War Memorial

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Magicfingers

Four months ago now, we completed our tour of the cemeteries and memorials around Neuve Chapelle. 

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Wytschaete War Memorial, the London Scottish Memorial & the First Battle of Messines (1914)

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Magicfingers

Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery, Wytschaete church and the Messines Ridge. 

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Brookwood Military Cemetery – The American Memorial Chapel

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Magicfingers

We’ve looked around the graves in the American Military Cemetery at Brookwood before, but we’ve never been inside the chapel. 

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