Author Archives: Magicfingers

Wervik War Memorial

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Magicfingers

Well, well, well.

Wervicq-Sud War Memorial

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Magicfingers

Wervicq-Sud war memorial, photographed in October 2019.

Posted in Along the River Lys: Comines, Wervik, Geluwe & Menen, French War Memorials, Wervik & Wervicq-Sud | 6 Comments

Quaint little church or what? Locked, of course. Serjeant John Macpherson, 17th Bn., Australian Infantry, who died of wounds at one of the Rouen hospitals aged 29, and is buried in the huge extension to St. Sever Cemetery in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Highlands, Scotland, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty | 4 Comments

Bousbecque German Military Cemetery

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Magicfingers

Rather like the cemetery at Wervicq-Sud, a mile and a half away to the west, Bousbecque German Military Cemetery is another that I have intended to visit now for many years.

Posted in Along the River Lys: Comines, Wervik, Geluwe & Menen, German Military Cemeteries, Postcards, Wervik & Wervicq-Sud | 16 Comments

Bousbecque Communal Cemetery & War Memorial

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Magicfingers

A short distance east of Wervicq-Sud, Bousbecque, still only ten miles from the centre of Ypres (Ieper), is another French town that clings to the southern bank of the River Lys, and another place that I have passed by on … Continue reading →

Posted in Along the River Lys: Comines, Wervik, Geluwe & Menen, French War Memorials, Wervik & Wervicq-Sud | 2 Comments