Category Archives: Messines

A Tour of the Messines Ridge – The Prologue

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Magicfingers

The Battle of Messines (above, the rebuilt Messines Church), which took place between the 7th & 14th of June 1917, was Haig’s preparatory offensive before his planned assault on the Passchendaele Ridge further north. In order for the advance towards … Continue reading →

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Finding Private Boland

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Magicfingers

December 2nd 2011. Another beautiful day in Flanders fields. Baldrick and myself have just returned from visiting the few remaining cemeteries in the Messines area that we haven’t had the opportunity to visit before. Most of the photos we took … Continue reading →

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Xth Corps Burial Instructions

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Magicfingers

Interesting, desperately tragic, yet entirely pertinent to the content of this website, these instructions for the recovery and burial of the dead were circulated by Xth Corps prior to the British attack on the Messines ridge on June 7th 1917.