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Category Archives: Passchendaele – Third Ypres 1917
Ieper – Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery
If you were a crow, perched atop the Cloth Hall in the centre of Ieper (Ypres), and you were considering a morning constitutional, it would take you a little over two minutes to make the journey, at cruising speed, down … Continue reading
The Road to Passchendaele – Enemy Dispositions Maps
Two maps you will, I think, find of interest. These are British 1:40,000 scale maps, prepared by army intelligence and issued, stamped confidential, during the last weeks of the Battle of Passchendaele. They show the progress made so far and, … Continue reading
The Road to Passchendaele Addendum – Broodseinde War Memorial
The war memorial in the village of Broodseinde, just a few hundred yards north east of the much larger town of Zonnebeke.
I Prefer a Blond (but don’t tell the Missus)
Spent the afternoon photographing some local war memorials and churchyards that I hadn’t got around to visiting yet, and am now settling down in the Man-Cave to watch the Champions League Final. With a beer.
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The Road to Passchendaele Part Fourteen – Passchendaele New British Cemetery
We arrive at Passchendaele New British Cemetery beneath a glooming sky.
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The Road to Passchendaele Part Thirteen – The Passchendaele Memorial
The Passchendaele Memorial can be found in the south western suburbs of Passchendaele, a small town now, as it extends along the various roads that meet in its centre.
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The Road to Passchendaele Part Twelve – Passchendaele Village & War Memorial
Passchendaele, or Passendale, as the village is now called, church.
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