Author Archives: Magicfingers

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 →

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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

The Topography of the Ypres Salient

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Magicfingers

Prompted by a comment from one of our newer readers (yes, that’s you, Meester Bond*), a little while back, here’s a topographical map of the Ypres Salient (scale at the bottom, the dates marked across the map referring to progress … Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Thirteen – The French Ossuary

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Magicfingers

This is the French ossuary on the western slopes of the Kemmelberg. 

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Mont Kemmel Part Twelve – On Mont Kemmel Part One: The Heroic Hill

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Magicfingers

A little French booklet that I picked up for a song earlier this year (from France, via Abe Books, no extra tax, thank you very much).  Published in 1920, and entirely appropriate to our current tour, this post features some … Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel Part Eleven – The Kemmelberg

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Magicfingers

Mont Kemmel, sometime in the early 20th Century. 

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