Category Archives: Ploegsteert

A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Part Eleven – Le Gheer & the Birdcage

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Magicfingers

The calvary at the crossroads at Le Gheer, sited exactly where it was a hundred years ago.  There’s a photograph of it taken in 1915 in the late Tony Spagnoly’s excellent book ‘A Walk Round Plugstreet’, and you will find another one if you … Continue reading →

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Dusk at the Ploegsteert Memorial

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Magicfingers

At the end of a long day, not so long ago, Baldrick and I found ourselves back at Hyde Park Corner.

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Shadows & Light

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Magicfingers

Ploegsteert Memorial, December 2nd 2011.

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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Extra – Maple Leaf Cemetery – Updated 2023

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Magicfingers

A mile and a half to the west of Ploegsteert Village lies the rarely-visited Maple Leaf Cemetery. 

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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood Detour – Underhill Farm Cemetery & Red Lodge – Updated 2023

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Magicfingers

This post is designed to be read as part of the ‘Tour of Ploegsteert Wood’, so if you are reading it as a stand-alone post I suggest you disregard all references to the ‘Tour’, as they will make no sense.  … Continue reading →

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A Return to Prowse Point Military Cemetery

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Magicfingers

Looking north from the entrance to Prowse Point Military Cemetery towards Messines, or Mesen as it is now called, Messines Church visible on the horizon in the centre.  To get your bearings, particularly if you haven’t arrived here via the … Continue reading →

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A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood – Update

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Magicfingers

You may not believe it, but the updates to ‘A Tour of Ploegsteert Wood’ that I promised you a while back really have finally begun, and a new Part Nine has been added where we visit the British burials in Ploegsteert Village churchyard, … Continue reading →

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