Author Archives: Magicfingers

Bullock Tractors & Elephant Feet

Posted on May 16, 2026 by Magicfingers

A Bullock tractor looms up in front of the cameraman during tests at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire in June 1915.

Posted in Miscellaneous | 5 Comments

Broodseinde – The 7th Division Memorial

Posted on May 10, 2026 by Magicfingers

Just to the east of Zonnebeke, and a few hundred yards south of the hamlet of Broodseinde, alongside the main N303 that connects the village of Passendale, as Passchendaele is now called, two miles to the north, and Wervik, way … Continue reading →

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A Return to White House Cemetery

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Magicfingers

Some years back now, we paid a surprise visit to White House Cemetery, only half a mile north east of the Menin Gate in Ypres (Ieper), on a somewhat greyer day than this one. Surprise, because one minute before we … Continue reading →

Posted in Shot at Dawn, St. Jean, Victoria Cross | 4 Comments

Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Magicfingers

The entrance to Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension. Note there is no sign of a cemetery name.

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Dickebusch New Military Cemetery

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Magicfingers

Just a hundred yards south of Dickebusch church, we have another cemetery. Or two cemeteries, to be strictly accurate, one on either side of the road.

Posted in Dickebusch, Shot at Dawn | 8 Comments