Author Archives: Magicfingers

The Forgotten Men of Wittenberg

Happy New Year all.  I bought myself a Christmas present this year.  Well, I kind of bought all of us a Christmas present this year, because I figured that once this twenty-page booklet, published in 1918, arrived, I’d scan it … Continue reading

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Red Farm Military Cemetery

Update June 2020: Before you go any further, you should know that this post has since been superseded by a newer Red Farm Military Cemetery post as further research has revealed more details about what happened here, which have changed … Continue reading

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Poperinge Part Eight – Talbot House Part Two: The Slessorium

For those of you not with us last post, this is Talbot House, in Poperinge.

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Poperinge Part Seven – Talbot House Part One

Talbot House, this the first of three posts on the most famous establishment in Poperinge.

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Poperinge Part Six – The Execution Memorial & Some Facts & Figures on Courts Martial

I simply don’t know my own strength.

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Poperinge Part Four – Poperinghe New Military Cemetery

Poperinghe New Military Cemetery. 

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Poperinge Part Three – Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery

The entrance to Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.

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