Category Archives: Messines

Wytschaete War Memorial, the London Scottish Memorial & the First Battle of Messines (1914)

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Magicfingers

Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery, Wytschaete church and the Messines Ridge. 

Posted in Belgian War Memorials, Messines | 11 Comments

From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Eight – Croonaert Chapel Cemetery

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Magicfingers

The final cemetery on this tour is one we have seen before, although we have never set foot inside. 

Posted in Messines, St. Eloi | 8 Comments

Every Picture Tells a Story No.1

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Magicfingers

Everywhere you go in Flanders the landscape has a story to tell if you know how to read it, as this view, and the following brief post, so amply prove.

Posted in Messines | 26 Comments

French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Seven – Trois Arbres Cemetery

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Magicfingers

Leaving the Armentières-Bailleul road, and taking the southern turn-off from Pont-d’Achelles, after a short distance we reach Trois Arbres Cemetery, where over 1,700 British soldiers are now buried or commemorated.

Posted in Armentières to Steenwerck, French Flanders, Fromelles, Messines, Shot at Dawn | 22 Comments

French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Six – Pont-d’Achelles Military Cemetery

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Magicfingers

No more than a mile up the Bailleul road from Nieppe, this is Pont-d’Achelles Military Cemetery.

Posted in Armentières to Steenwerck, French Flanders, Messines, Shot at Dawn | 8 Comments

Twenty Minutes After

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Magicfingers

A few years back now, I showed you a couple of pieces of artwork by Lieutenant Hugh Mossom Boyd of the Royal Engineers that I was kindly allowed to scan and publish, and I thought you might like to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Documents, Maps & Artwork, Messines | 4 Comments

R. E. Farm Cemetery

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Magicfingers

I considered including this little cemetery in the series of posts that made up the Tour of the Messines Ridge that you will find elsewhere on this site, as just half a mile up the road towards Wyschaete (Wijtschate) are … Continue reading →

Posted in Messines, Wulvergem | 15 Comments