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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Four – Neuve Chapelle War Memorial

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Magicfingers

Neuve Chapelle war memorial is an unprepossessing little memorial outside this building in the centre of the village. 

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Three – Neuve-Chapelle British Cemetery

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Magicfingers

There’s a track down the left edge of this cornfield, and beyond, some trees on the horizon that we’ve seen before, if from the other side. 

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Two – Neuve-Chapelle Farm Cemetery

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Magicfingers

Soldiers of the Corn. 

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part One – Euston Post Cemetery

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Magicfingers

We begin the second half of this tour around a mile or so down the road from our last stop, Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, at what is not really much more than a scattering of graves by the roadside.  I say … Continue reading →

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Portchester: Portchester Castle & St Mary’s Church & Churchyard

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Magicfingers

The wall of the old Roman fort that surrounds both Portchester Castle & St. Mary’s Church. Aerial view.  Unusual, eh?  Coin evidence dates the Roman fort (the best preserved example north of the Alps) to around AD 268, the castle … Continue reading →

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Royal Armouries: Fort Nelson

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Magicfingers

Some sort of bunker, perhaps? 

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Netley Military Cemetery Part Six: The Roman Catholic Plot

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Magicfingers

So here we are, back at the hill we saw when we first entered the cemetery.  The earliest Great War burial is to be found here, but before we explore the hill, if we skirt the bushes on our left, … Continue reading →

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