Category Archives: Ypres (Ieper)

An Aussie in Flanders

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Magicfingers

A strip of camouflaged canvas from a downed German plane.

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The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Magicfingers

‘They sleep around us in hallowed ground’ Welcome, my friends, to the internet’s biggest, if nothing else, photographic look around the Menin Gate.  Ever.

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The Menin Road – Hellfire Corner Demarcation Stone

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Magicfingers

Nineteen of these Demarcation Stones still exist across Belgium, originally erected in the 1920s to either mark the extent of the last German offensive that finally petered out in July 1918, or the point of departure from which the Allies … Continue reading →

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And Still Men Die

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Magicfingers

Spare a thought, good people, for the two workers killed earlier today when a shell exploded on a construction site near Ieper (Ypres), and of their injured colleagues, one of whom is now in hospital fighting for his life. The … Continue reading →

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Ypres Reservoir Cemetery

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Magicfingers

Evening in Ieper, and snow begins to fall as we arrive at the gates of Ypres Reservoir Cemetery.

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Ypres Town Cemetery Extension

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Magicfingers

Ypres Town Cemetery Extension was begun in October 1914 and initially used until April 1915.  More burials were added in 1918 and after the Armistice 367 graves were brought in from smaller cemeteries and from the battlefields to the north … Continue reading →

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Ypres Town Cemetery

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Magicfingers

A few minutes walk east of the Menin Gate, outside the ancient city walls, is Ypres (Ieper) Town Cemetery.  Within the cemetery, interred in several different plots among the Belgian civilian graves, are 145 British casualties from the First World War, … Continue reading →

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