Author Archives: Magicfingers

Post Update No. 4 – Bedford House Cemetery

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Magicfingers

An update to a post that was first published over thirteen years ago, mainly because I have always been aware that when I visited I had missed, among many, one particular grave that I should have photographed, and which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Zillebeke | 5 Comments

A Meeting of Military Minds

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Magicfingers

Not exactly your average Sunday, as we find ourselves in a school hall somewhere in the depths of leafy Surrey – and we do have a lot of leaves in Surrey, being the county, apparently, with the most trees in … Continue reading →

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Hound (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension & War Memorial

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Magicfingers

Now that’s a cute little church if ever I saw one.

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Mending the Soldiers: An Introduction – Harold Delf Gillies

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Magicfingers

Pioneer of plastic surgery and, later, much later, sex reassignment surgery, maxillofacial mastermind Harold Delf Gillies (later, Sir Harold Delf Gillies), pictured before the Great War.

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Neuve Eglise (Nieuwkerke) Churchyard

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Magicfingers

Neuve Eglise church, the small green sign on the right telling us, as if we didn’t know it already, that there are CWGC graves to be found in the churchyard.

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