Category Archives: Ploegsteert

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

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

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St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery

St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery.

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La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery

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

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Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe

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.

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Night Comes In

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

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South of Ploegsteert Part Six – Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery

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.

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South of Ploegsteert Part Five – Tancrez Farm Cemetery

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

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