Category Archives: Shot at Dawn

French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Eight – Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Magicfingers

Anzac Cemetery once more, but the weather’s not so good this time.  It’ll probably get better later.

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St. Jean – White House Cemetery

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Magicfingers

It’s a grey day as we arrive at White House Cemetery, three quarters of a mile north east of the Menin Gate, on the road to St. Jean (Sint-Jan) and Wieltje.

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A Tour of Boesinghe Prelude – Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Magicfingers

If you follow the main road out of Ieper (Ypres) north towards Boezinge (Boesinghe during the Great War), after only a few minutes, Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery comes into view on the right hand side of the road.

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part Eleven – Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Magicfingers

The final stop (for the moment) on our tour is Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, a little way west of Steenwerck.

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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.

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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.

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part One – Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery & the Cite Bonjean (New Zealand) Memorial

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Magicfingers

Situated in the south western corner of the town of Armentières, Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in this part of French Flanders.

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