Category Archives: Hampshire

Aldershot Military Cemetery Part Three

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Magicfingers

We ended the last post paying our respects at the Great War graves up on the hill in the background of this shot, and this time we’ll take a brief look at the burials down here in Plot A. 

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Aldershot Military Cemetery Part Two

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Magicfingers

There are around seven hundred Great War graves in this cemetery, seventy of which are to be found among the burials here in Plot R. 

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Aldershot Military Cemetery Part One

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Magicfingers

Aldershot – ‘The Home of the British Army’.  At the start of 1855, with the Crimean War still more than a year from its conclusion, the Army began constructing its first bespoke, as we might say today, training camp in … Continue reading →

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Portchester: Portchester Castle & St Mary’s Church & Churchyard

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Magicfingers

The wall of the old Roman fort that surrounds both Portchester Castle & St. Mary’s Church. Aerial view.  Unusual, eh?  Coin evidence dates the Roman fort (the best preserved example north of the Alps) to around AD 268, the castle … Continue reading →

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Royal Armouries: Fort Nelson

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Magicfingers

Some sort of bunker, perhaps? 

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Netley Military Cemetery Part Six: The Roman Catholic Plot

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Magicfingers

So here we are, back at the hill we saw when we first entered the cemetery.  The earliest Great War burial is to be found here, but before we explore the hill, if we skirt the bushes on our left, … Continue reading →

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Netley Military Cemetery Part Five: The Officers’ Plot

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Magicfingers

With the Boer War graves we visited last post bathed in sunlight on the left, it’s time to visit the Officers’ Plot, seen here on the right.

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