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The Rifle Grenade Part Three – The German Karabingranate M17

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Magicfingers

The Germans’ response to the French Viven-Bessière grenade we looked at last time was the Karabingranate M17, introduced in 1917. 

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Lelant – St. Uny Churchyard

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Magicfingers
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Puttenham Church & War Memorial

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Magicfingers

I’m sure that someone thought they were being highly artistic, or exceedingly modern, or deferentially retrospective,… …when they chose the typeface for the Great War names,… …but the truth of the matter (in the background here, across the road, we … Continue reading →

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St. Pancras Station Workers War Memorial

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Magicfingers

St. Pancras Station, one hundred and fifty three years old next month. Thus it was, on 8th November 2018, the station’s one hundred and fiftieth birthday, that this war memorial was unveiled on the Grand Terrace, not so far from … Continue reading →

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The Rifle Grenade Part Two – The French Viven-Bessière Grenade

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Magicfingers

Here’s a neat, but deadly, little thing. 

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Godalming – Nightingale Cemetery (Godalming Old Cemetery) & the Battle of Spion Kop

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Magicfingers

A curate’s egg of a post, this one, as I take you from leafy Surrey to the African veldt. 

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Busbridge Churchyard & War Memorial

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Magicfingers

Last post we took a look inside the church – the spire is visible in the background – as well as Lutyens’ curious design for the grave of Gertrude Jekyll, which is actually sited just beyond the church. This time … Continue reading →

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