Category Archives: Victoria Cross

Inverness War Memorial

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Magicfingers

Inverness War Memorial is sited on the east bank of the River Ness as it heads towards the southern outskirts of Inverness on its way to Loch Ness, a few miles away to the south west. The park in which … Continue reading →

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The Somme – A Return to Pozières British Cemetery

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Magicfingers

Last year I paid a second, brief, visit to Pozières British Cemetery, where 2,760 British, Australian & Canadian Great War casualties are buried, surrounded by walls on which the names of a further 14,000 British & South Africans who have … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part Nine – Estaires Communal Cemetery & Extension Part One

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Magicfingers

After our brief visit to the battlefield of Culloden, it’s time to head back to Flanders for your Bank Holiday, if you are in England, reading.  Our next stop on our journey up the River Lys is Estaires, where there … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Armentières to La Gorgue Part One: Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Magicfingers

Okay, I’ve been intimating for some time now that we will be off on a new tour soon, so let’s bite the bullet and get started.  We begin with another visit – our third – to the cemetery at Erquinghem-Lys, … Continue reading →

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Berwick Barracks – King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Magicfingers

The entrance to Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

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Westminster Cathedral Catholic Soldiers Association Roll of Honour

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Magicfingers

Typical.  I have never in my life popped into the cathedral before, and when I do, this is what I find.  Scaffolding.  Still, it’s not the first time, and won’t be the last. The first two panels remember men killed … Continue reading →

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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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