Category Archives: Victoria Cross

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 →

Posted in London, U.K. Churches, Memorials & Cemeteries - Back in Blighty, Victoria Cross | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in The Menin Road, Victoria Cross | 26 Comments

Le Verguier & Maissemy – Two Stories of 1918

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Magicfingers

Just a few photos of rolling hills this post.  And two stories, one of defence, and one of attack. 

Posted in 1918 - The Allied Advance East, Victoria Cross, Vlamertinge | 37 Comments

A Return to Hill 60 – The Victoria Cross Actions of April 1915

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Magicfingers

‘Though poppies grow in Flanders fields’.  And the poppies are no myth, although this tranquil scene, looking west towards the spires of Ypres (Ieper) away on the horizon, would have been one of utter desolation for much of the Great … Continue reading →

Posted in Bunkers, Hill 60, Victoria Cross, Zillebeke | 4 Comments

The Menin Gate – The Victoria Cross Recipients

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Magicfingers

The Menin Gate, lit up at night, Monday 14th May 2018.

Posted in The Menin Gate, Victoria Cross, Ypres (Ieper) | 14 Comments

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).

Posted in St. Jean, Victoria Cross | 2 Comments

Dublin – Deansgrange Cemetery

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Magicfingers

The hardly inspiring entrance to Deansgrange Cemetery, some six miles south east of Dublin City centre, and less than two miles from the port of Dun Laoghaire.

Posted in Ireland, Victoria Cross | 7 Comments