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The Cemeteries of Gallipoli Part Four – Anzac Cove Part Three
Australian graves, fenced off and marked by crosses and grenades.
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The Cemeteries of Gallipoli Part Three – Anzac Cove Part Two
Post-Armistice shot of Anzac Cove, Hell Spit in the background, with only a couple of wrecked boats to suggest what happened here.
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The Cemeteries of Gallipoli Part Two – Anzac Cove Part One
Australian graves in Shrapnel Valley. We started our look at the Great War cemeteries of Gallipoli last post by visiting the cemeteries at Helles. This time, we venture some fourteen miles north, as we begin our tour of the cemeteries … Continue reading
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The Cemeteries of Gallipoli Part One – Cape Helles
Because I shall never now visit the Dardanelles, and therefore will never get the opportunity to pay my respects at the numerous cemeteries on the Gallipoli peninsula that count the cost of Churchill’s folly in 1915, the least I can … Continue reading
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Farnborough War Memorial
Over the road from St. Mark’s church in Farnborough – the one in Hampshire, not Kent – stands this war memorial. The memorial remembers the men, and women, of Farnborough who died during the Great War. There are, apparently, one … Continue reading
The Rifle Grenade Part Seven – The British No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’ Rifle Grenade & the Newton 6-inch Trench Mortar
We looked at British rifle grenades in some detail recently, and here we have the only example of a British rod grenade in my collection, the No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’.
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The Stokes Mortar
Some of you might remember this rusted wine bottle-shaped thingy, one of the occasional live pieces of ordnance that I have stumbled over on my travels over the years.
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