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Category Archives: Bunkers
The Advance East Part Two – Dadizele Communal Cemetery
The last time we came to Dadizele (our visit to Dadizeele New British Cemetery) it was cold. Very cold. Beautiful, with the previous day’s snow still on the ground. But very, very cold. At the time I suggested that we should come back … Continue reading
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The Advance East Part One – Dadizeele New British Cemetery
If you were to travel some seven miles or so, as the crow flies, due east of the city of Ieper (Ypres), you would find yourself amidst the battlefields of late 1918, when British, French & Belgian troops were pushing … Continue reading
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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Extra – Maple Leaf Cemetery – Updated 2023
A mile and a half to the west of Ploegsteert Village lies the rarely-visited Maple Leaf Cemetery.
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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Detour – Underhill Farm Cemetery & Red Lodge – Updated 2023
This post is designed to be read as part of the ‘Tour of Ploegsteert Wood’, so if you are reading it as a stand-alone post I suggest you disregard all references to the ‘Tour’, as they will make no sense. … Continue reading
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Zantvoorde British Cemetery (Part One) & the Ten Brielen Bunker
Zantvoorde British Cemetery is unusual, at least compared to the other cemeteries we have so far visited, in that it didn’t exist until after the war. Unsurprising really, bearing in mind that the Germans took the village of Zantvoorde (now … Continue reading
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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Part Seven – The Ploegsteert Memorial, Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery & Berks Cemetery Extension
Before we start this part of our tour, I should first mention that I have visited the Ploegsteert Memorial and its adjacent cemeteries a number of times in recent years, so you will forgive me, when blue skies suddenly turn to … Continue reading
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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Part Six
Damaged tree just outside Rifle House Cemetery.
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