From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Six – Bus House Cemetery

A beautiful Flanders day, and a cemetery.  Perfect!  Continue reading

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From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Five – Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3

The understated entrance to Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3.  Continue reading

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From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Four – Voormezeele Enclosures Nos 1 & 2

Discounting the churchyard (last post), there are two cemeteries in Voormezele today.  Continue reading

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From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Three – Voormezele Church & Churchyard

The rebuilt church at Voormezele.  Continue reading

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From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part Two – Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery

There’s a pretty sight for you. Continue reading

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From Dickebusch Lake to St. Eloi Part One – Ridge Wood Military Cemetery

Here we are once again, back in Flanders Fields, our old friend Mont Kemmel on the horizon, still overseeing all.  This view looks past the boundary wall of Ridge Wood Military Cemetery towards the Kemmelberg, two and a half miles away to the south west. Continue reading

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Kilometre Zero: Where the Western Front Began

It was known as Kilometre Zero.  The very beginning of the Western Front. Continue reading

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