Category Archives: Victoria Cross

Brookwood Cemetery – The Victoria Cross Holders

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Magicfingers

Brookwood Cemetery is vast.  Not the military cemetery, which, at 37 acres, is big enough, but the civil cemetery, a small part of which you can see above. 

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The Vlamertinge Burial Grounds Part Eight – Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Magicfingers

Half a mile due south of Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, this alleyway leads us to our final destination on this tour.

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The Vlamertinge Burial Grounds Part Six – Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Magicfingers

Half a mile due east of Hop Store British Cemetery, and today only a mile and a half from the western outskirts of Ypres (Ieper), this is the entrance to Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. 

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The Vlamertinge Burial Grounds Part Two – Brandhoek New Military Cemetery

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Magicfingers

In July 1917, as preparations for the forthcoming Third Battle of Ypres continued, three casualty clearing stations were moved into the Brandhoek area, and as the month drew to a close, two new cemeteries were opened close to the site … Continue reading →

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The Elverdinge Burial Grounds Part Four – Canada Farm British Cemetery

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Magicfingers

Now that we’re done with those pesky postcards, let’s return to Flanders, and Canada Farm British Cemetery, on a lovely, and very cold, January day. 

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The Menin Road – Hooge Crater Cemetery

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Magicfingers

Before we begin a new tour, which we shall be doing soon, there’s a cemetery, one of the largest to the east of Ypres, in fact the very first CWGC cemetery that I ever set foot in, back in 2005, … Continue reading →

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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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