Author Archives: Magicfingers

Mediaeval meets Modern – Grenade Throwers & Launchers of the Great War

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Magicfingers

Small trench mortars, much like grenades, had been around for centuries, and much like grenades, by the early years of the 20th Century, had fallen somewhat out of fashion with modern armies.  Heavy artillery would deal with enemy positions and … Continue reading →

Posted in Weaponry & Relics | 4 Comments

Wartling – St. Mary Magdalene Church

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Magicfingers
Posted in Sussex East, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 8 Comments

German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Three – The M1915 Diskushandgranate

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Magicfingers

What’s in the box? 

Posted in German Grenades, Weaponry & Relics | 10 Comments

Any Old Iron – Cutting the Wire

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Magicfingers

Barbed wire – the bane of the infantryman, no matter his nationality.

Posted in German & Austro-Hungarian Wirecutters, Weaponry & Relics | 18 Comments

Dulnain Bridge War Memorial

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Magicfingers
Posted in Highlands, Scotland, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 11 Comments

The Army Postal Service – Censor’s Stamps

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Magicfingers

The Haldane Reforms of the early 20th Century saw the winds of change sweep through the British military.  Richard Haldane, Secretary of State for War between 1905 & 1912 (and Lord Chancellor for three years thereafter), had introduced a huge … Continue reading →

Posted in Postcards | 12 Comments

Biscovey – St. Mary’s Church & Churchyard

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Magicfingers

Above & below: A man of the Seaforth Highlanders, the most northern of all the British regiments, remembered in a churchyard in Cornwall, the most southerly of all the counties. Private Harold George Louth, Seaforths, died on 9th May 1915 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cornwall, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 11 Comments