Ypres – Railway Chateau Cemetery

The entrance to Railway Chateau Cemetery, with a long grass pathway beyond, at the end of which I shall be even wetter than I am at the moment.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Six – Richebourg; The Portuguese Military Cemetery

Just a hundred and fifty yards down the road from the Neuve Chapelle Memorial, this is the only Portuguese military cemetery in Flanders.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Five – The Neuve Chapelle Memorial

This is the Neuve Chapelle Memorial.  Continue reading →

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None Of These Men Died For Us

Wounded soldiers pose for the camera at a hospital in Blighty, most of these men destined to return to the fighting at some future point, I would have thought. Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Four – Neuve Chapelle War Memorial

Neuve Chapelle war memorial is an unprepossessing little memorial outside this building in the centre of the village.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Three – Neuve-Chapelle British Cemetery

There’s a track down the left edge of this cornfield, and beyond, some trees on the horizon that we’ve seen before, if from the other side.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Two – Neuve-Chapelle Farm Cemetery

Soldiers of the Corn.  Continue reading →

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