Category Archives: U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries – Back in Blighty

Byfleet – St. Mary’s Church

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Magicfingers

St. Mary’s church in Byfleet is a must-visit place if you have an interest, as I presume we all do, in the Great War… …as it contains what is surely one of the finest collections of battlefield wooden crosses anywhere … Continue reading →

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Hale – St. John’s Church

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Magicfingers

How many times have I driven past?  Finally, this time I stopped.

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German Military Cemetery, Glencree

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Magicfingers

Glencree German Military Cemetery is situated in the Wicklow Mountains National Park south of Dublin.  There are 127 Second World War burials here, many of whom were either Luftwaffe personnel whose aircraft got lost in bad weather, or sustained damage … Continue reading →

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Six

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Magicfingers

In front of the Grangegorman Memorial stand 83 headstones, memorials to British First World War dead who are actually buried in Cork Military Cemetery, but whose graves there could not, for various reasons, be properly maintained.  Perhaps one day men … Continue reading →

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Five

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Magicfingers

The penultimate part of our tour takes us to Section D, which primarily consists of four rows, along with a short fifth row at the far end, of mainly CWGC headstones, all casualties of the First World War or the … Continue reading →

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Four

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Magicfingers

Section H contains just a few scattered graves, so next we shall visit Section C (above & below), where we will find many more victims of the First World War and of the R.M.S. Leinster disaster, as well as a … Continue reading →

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Three

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Magicfingers

The third part of our tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery takes us to Section G (see cemetery plan below).  The graves here, all Roman Catholic, and nearly all bearing CWGC headstones, are mainly First World War burials, but there are … Continue reading →

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