Category Archives: Ploegsteert

Post Updates Nos. 2 & 3 – Maple Leaf & Underhill Farm Cemeteries

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Magicfingers

A couple of updated older posts for you, as promised, both little-visited cemeteries, because both are somewhat off the beaten track. 

Posted in Ploegsteert, Ploegsteert Wood | 4 Comments

St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Magicfingers

St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery.

Posted in Messines, Ploegsteert, Wulvergem | 14 Comments

La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Magicfingers

On the south side of La Plus Douve Farm the second of the two cemeteries here…

Posted in Messines, Ploegsteert, Wulvergem | 33 Comments

Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Magicfingers

Half a mile east of Wulvergem, just south of the road that leads towards Messines (now Mesen), this farm down in the valley of the River Douve plays host to two CWGC cemeteries.

Posted in Messines, Ploegsteert, Wulvergem | 40 Comments

Night Comes In

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Magicfingers

Spot the Cross of Sacrifice.  Sunset at Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe.

Posted in Messines, Ploegsteert, Wulvergem | 2 Comments

South of Ploegsteert Part Six – Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Magicfingers

Our last stop, Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery, is the furthest east of the six cemeteries on this tour.  Here, we are only a few hundred yards away from where the front lines ran for much of the war.

Posted in Ploegsteert, South of Ploegsteert | 15 Comments

South of Ploegsteert Part Five – Tancrez Farm Cemetery

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Magicfingers

Just a minute’s drive east of Motor Car Corner Cemetery we find Tancrez Farm Cemetery, the fifth stop on our tour.

Posted in Ploegsteert, South of Ploegsteert | 10 Comments