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Category Archives: Laventie
French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Nine – Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery
This is Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, the largest of the cemeteries we shall be visiting in either part of our current tour.
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Eight – Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery
Spot the Cross of Sacrifice.
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Seven – Fauquissart Military Cemetery
Fauquissart Military Cemetery, five hundred yards south west of the crossroads at the centre of present-day Fauquissart, is a small, oblong, cemetery with widely spaced headstones that you just know on arrival will be a tricky one to photograph, at … Continue reading
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Six – Laventie German Military Cemetery
This somewhat sombre German cemetery – you could say they all are – began as a Battle of the Lys burial ground at the start of Operation Georgette on 9th April 1918, and was used until the German retreat four … Continue reading
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Five – Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard
Welcome to Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard.
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Four – Rue du Bacquerot 13th London Graveyard
A mile to the east of Laventie, this is Rue du Bacquerot 13th London Graveyard, which is today to be found on Rue Plate, which leads into Rue de la Vengerie and, eventually, a mile and a quarter south of … Continue reading
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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Three – Laventie War Memorial
A brief stop in the centre of Laventie to pay our respects at the town war memorial.
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