Author Archives: Magicfingers

Hayle – St. Elwyns Church

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Magicfingers

Private George Sleeman’s name can be found on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, a few miles south east of Arras. Sergeant John Richards, South African Service Corps, is buried in Taveta Military Cemetery (the link is to the CWGC website, where you’ll … Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Nineteen – On Mont Kemmel Part Two: The Fight for Locre

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Magicfingers

View of the Kemmelberg, two miles away to the east, from a ruined Loker.  It’s time we rejoined our French corporal, Jean Parnin, who, when last heard of, had managed to regain the French lines, somewhere around where this photo … Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Eighteen – Loker Churchyard

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Magicfingers

We’ve seen Loker church before, but only from a distance. 

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Mont Kemmel Part Seventeen – Loker Demarcation Stone No. 1

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Magicfingers

Way back in the first post of this tour, I mentioned that we would encounter four Demarcation Stones on our travels, and here’s number two. 

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Mont Kemmel Part Sixteen – Locre No.10 Cemetery

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Magicfingers

Locre No.10 Cemetery can be found about six hundred yards north of our previous stop in Dranouter, and not much further south of the village of Loker, as it is now known. 

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Saxmundham War Memorial

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Magicfingers

Now here’s an incongruous juxtaposition if ever I saw one. See what I mean. Although, come to think of it, it does rather ensure a wide audience, does it not? This was the emblem of Combined Operations Command in the … Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Fifteen – Dranoutre Military Cemetery

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Magicfingers

Now there’s an interesting, if curious, still-life for you. 

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