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Author Archives: Magicfingers
Brookwood Military Cemetery – The Memorials, Past & Present
We shall start the New Year with the first in a series of posts about Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey and the adjoining, and much smaller – a mere 37 acres – Brookwood Military Cemetery, which is where we begin.
Christmas 2023 – Bonne Santé
A Christmas card for Christmas day. Journée du Poilu – literally, Poilu’s Day. The poilu on the left on this postcard is living up to his name, poilu meaning ‘hairy’.
Posted in Postcards
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Ypres – Divisional Cemetery
It has to be said that, over these many years now, and twenty five Flanders trips, or however many it is, I have generally been very lucky with the weather.
Posted in Vlamertinge, Ypres (Ieper)
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Ypres – Railway Chateau Cemetery
The entrance to Railway Chateau Cemetery, with a long grass pathway beyond, at the end of which I shall be even wetter than I am at the moment.
Posted in Ypres (Ieper)
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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Six – Richebourg; The Portuguese Military Cemetery
Just a hundred and fifty yards down the road from the Neuve Chapelle Memorial, this is the only Portuguese military cemetery in Flanders.
Posted in French Flanders, Neuve Chapelle, Portugal
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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Five – The Neuve Chapelle Memorial
This is the Neuve Chapelle Memorial.
Posted in French Flanders, Neuve Chapelle, Victoria Cross
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None Of These Men Died For Us
Wounded soldiers pose for the camera at a hospital in Blighty, most of these men destined to return to the fighting at some future point, I would have thought.
Posted in Soldiers
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