Author Archives: Magicfingers

Lelant War Memorial & Carbis Bay Memorial Hall

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Magicfingers

Here’s an unusual war memorial, I think you’ll agree. Inaugurated in May 1921,… …the names of eight Great War casualties, a few letters now sadly missing, are listed on this granite plinth,… …above which… …sixteen Second World War casualties have … Continue reading →

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Mousehole War Memorial

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Magicfingers

Now that’s quaint, isn’t it? And over on the right, beyond those colourful boats and canoey things,… …I spy a war memorial. Nothing more to be said.

Posted in Cornwall, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 8 Comments

The Propaganda of Conscription Down Under Part Two – The Referendum of 1917

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Magicfingers

Here we go again.

Posted in Australia, Books, Documents, Maps & Artwork, Conscription | 2 Comments

The Propaganda of Conscription Down Under Part One – The Referendum of 1916

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Magicfingers

The issue of conscription was one that all the countries of the Commonwealth would have to deal with at some point during the Great War, and Australia was no different. 

Posted in Australia, Books, Documents, Maps & Artwork, Conscription, Postcards | 3 Comments

The Propaganda of Conscription – The Military Service Act of 1916

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Magicfingers

The most famous image of the Great War was originally designed as a magazine cover.  Bet you didn’t know that. 

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Mont Kemmel Part Twenty One – Loker Demarcation Stone No. 2 & Kemmel Demarcation Stone No. 1

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Magicfingers

Eleven months ago we began this tour of the Kemmel battlefields by visiting Kemmel Demarcation Stone No. 2, and today, as the sun gets lower in the sky, we shall finish with two more of the Demarcation Stones that ostensibly … Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Twenty – Locre Hospice Cemetery & Loker Hospice

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Magicfingers

On the outskirts of Loker, which is actually behind us, because the sign is one-sided, and thus we are looking east here, back up the road towards Mont Kemmel on the horizon, there’s a cemetery. 

Posted in Kemmel, Loker, Shot at Dawn | 10 Comments