Author Archives: Magicfingers

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 →

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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. 

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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? 

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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 →

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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.

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Great War Postcards No. 62

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Magicfingers

‘The Lucky Charm of the Allies.’ 

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Great War Postcards No. 61

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Magicfingers

‘A call roars like thunder, like the clash of swords and the pounding of waves’, or some such nonsense.  You might remember that back in March 2020, as we all locked down for the first time, I began a series of … Continue reading →

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