Category Archives: St. Jean

A Return to White House Cemetery

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Magicfingers

Some years back now, we paid a surprise visit to White House Cemetery, only half a mile north east of the Menin Gate in Ypres (Ieper), on a somewhat greyer day than this one.  Surprise, because one minute before we … Continue reading →

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Kitchener’s Wood Memorial

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Magicfingers

So, where, exactly, is this Kitchener’s Wood, I hear you ask?  Well, sorry to disappoint, but there isn’t one.  Not any more.  But there was during the Great War, and it saw an action in 1915 that goes down as … Continue reading →

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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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St. Jean War Memorial

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Magicfingers

The crossroads in the centre of the little village of St. Jean (now Sint-Jan), almost exactly one mile north east of the Menin Gate.

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Wieltje – Oxford Road Cemetery

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Magicfingers

At long last, here we are at Oxford Road Cemetery, no more than two miles north east of Ypres (Ieper).

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Wieltje – 50th Northumbrian Division Memorial

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Magicfingers

Maybe six hundred yards east, and a little north, of Wieltje Farm Cemetery, this impressive memorial remembers the men of the 50th Northumbrian Division.

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Wieltje Farm Cemetery

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Magicfingers

It seems strange, after more than seven years and over 800 posts, that there are still a handful of cemeteries within a stone’s throw of the Menin Gate, to the east of the City of Ypres (Ieper), that I have … Continue reading →

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