Author Archives: Magicfingers

Knoddishall War Memorial

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Magicfingers

Another locked church, but we do have a war memorial.

Posted in Suffolk, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 5 Comments

‘How It Feels To Be Shot’

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Magicfingers

‘Then there came a crash. It sounded to me like someone had dropped a glass bottle into a porcelain bathtub. A barrel of whitewash tipped over and it seemed that everything in the world turned white.’ 

Posted in 1918 - The Advance East, Soldiers | 6 Comments

Arras – London Cemetery, Neuville Vitasse

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Magicfingers

How about we start the New Year with a random cemetery visit?  I happened to find myself here last summer, at this burial ground a few miles south east of Arras – I’ll show you a map in a while … Continue reading →

Posted in Arras, World War II | 18 Comments

The Men Who Came Home – A Memorial Part Fourteen – The Middlesex Regiment

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Magicfingers

Men of the Middlesex Regiment, three privates and a lance corporal, later in life. 

Posted in Soldiers | 4 Comments

The Men Who Came Home – A Memorial Part Thirteen – The London Regiment

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Magicfingers

London Scottish troops waiting for a train, somewhere in France, 1914.  How many of these men would survive the war unscathed, I wonder? 

Posted in Soldiers | 10 Comments

The Men Who Came Home – A Memorial Part Twelve – The Canadian Expeditionary Force

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Magicfingers

A continuation of another sometime series, where we meet a few of those who served – seven of the eight men in this post fought with the Canadian Expeditionary Force – and were lucky enough, although you’d have to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Soldiers | 12 Comments

Westleton War Memorial

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Magicfingers

I showed you round the churchyard last month. Might as well show you the war memorial too.

Posted in Suffolk, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 2 Comments