We begin the second half of this tour around a mile or so down the road from our last stop, Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, at what is not really much more than a scattering of graves by the roadside. I say the second half of the tour, but really this is a brand new tour, hence the changed title, because this post, and in particular those that follow, are inextricably linked with Neuve Chapelle, either the battle in 1915, or by location. Continue reading
This is Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, the largest of the cemeteries we shall be visiting in either part of our current tour. Continue reading
Spot the Cross of Sacrifice. Continue reading
Fauquissart Military Cemetery, five hundred yards south west of the crossroads at the centre of present-day Fauquissart, is a small, oblong, cemetery with widely spaced headstones that you just know on arrival will be a tricky one to photograph, at least in any kind of interesting way. Continue reading
This somewhat sombre German cemetery – you could say they all are – began as a Battle of the Lys burial ground at the start of Operation Georgette on 9th April 1918, and was used until the German retreat four months later. Continue reading
Welcome to Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard. Continue reading
A mile to the east of Laventie, this is Rue du Bacquerot 13th London Graveyard, which is today to be found on Rue Plate, which leads into Rue de la Vengerie and, eventually, a mile and a quarter south of here, Rue du Bacquerot. Helpful, that. Still, that’s the risk you run if you decide to name your cemetery after a road. Continue reading
