Category Archives: Victoria Cross

Polygon Wood – Black Watch Corner & Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pugh Evans V.C.

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Magicfingers

Black Watch Corner can be found at the south western corner of Polygon Wood, the memorial that stands there remembering the men of the Black Watch who died in the Great War.

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The Menin Road – A Return to Birr Cross Roads Cemetery

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Magicfingers

A return trip to Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, exactly four years and one week after our last visit, but this time not a sign of precipitation in the air.

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Dublin – Glasnevin Cemetery Part Two: The Commonwealth Plot

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Magicfingers

Glasnevin Cemetery is a vast place, but, as it happened, the other area I was intent on visiting was not so far from the O’Connell tower (above) and the Republican Plot that we saw last post.

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Dublin – Arbour Hill Cemetery

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Magicfingers

Arbour Hill Cemetery was opened in about 1840, as a military burial ground for soldiers based at the adjacent Royal Barracks.

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Mametz Wood – Flatiron Copse Cemetery

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Magicfingers

A few hundred yards north of the 38th Welsh Division Memorial, Flatiron Copse Cemetery is situated alongside the road at the north eastern edge of Mametz Wood.

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Longueval – Delville Wood Cemetery

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Magicfingers

Delville Wood Cemetery, with a glimpse of the South African National Memorial in the right background; we shall visit the memorial next post (there you go, Steven).

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part One – Y Farm Military Cemetery

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Magicfingers

You may remember, a little while ago now, that we visited six cemeteries that lie between Ploegsteert Wood and the Franco-Belgian border, which, in this part of Flanders, follows the course of the River Lys (or Leie, if you prefer).  … Continue reading →

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