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British Rifle Grenades of the Great War – A Brief Pictorial Overview
Two examples of British rifle grenades ‘in action’ during the Great War.
Posted in British Grenades, Rifle Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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Kemmel – La Clytte Military Cemetery
La Clytte Military Cemetery can be found a couple of miles south east of Reningelst (once Reninghelst, with an ‘h’) on the road to Kemmel.
Posted in Kemmel, Shot at Dawn
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Grootebeek British Cemetery
Grootebeek British Cemetery appears almost unfinished from the road, with no sign of a boundary wall separating field from burial ground.
Posted in Reninghelst, Victoria Cross
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Reninghelst New Military Cemetery
Down this grass pathway the soldiers lie.
Posted in Reninghelst, Shot at Dawn
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Reninghelst Churchyard & Extension
Next to Reninghelst church, there’s a purpose-built churchyard extension, with a Cross of Sacrifice front and centre. Reninghelst had been occupied by British troops in the late autumn of 1914 and would remain in their hands throughout the war.
Posted in Reninghelst
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Banbury – Southam Road Cemetery
So, here’s the story. I don’t live anywhere close to here, but I was early for a gig that I’d driven eighty five miles to get to on a Monday evening, and had briefly researched this cemetery beforehand. Just in … Continue reading
Reninghelst War Memorial
I doubt if too many of you have visited Reninghelst. It’s hardly on the coach tour route, and I imagine most people who visit likely have personal reasons for doing so.
Posted in Belgian War Memorials, Reninghelst
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