The Rifle Grenade Part Four – The German M13 Gewehrgranate

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Magicfingers

This is the M13 Gewehrgranate, a high-explosive cast-iron rifle grenade fitted with a percussion fuse designed to explode on impact, its body segmented for maximum fragmentation on detonation.  Continue reading →

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Two Bridges Too Far

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Magicfingers

‘All right men, about here’ll do.’  Continue reading →

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Aldershot – The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints: ‘The Longest Yarn’

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Magicfingers

Back at the Garrison Church in Aldershot – well, we hadn’t really left, had we?  Continue reading →

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Aldershot – The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Magicfingers

The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints was built in 1863 following the government’s 1857 decision to make Aldershot a permanent military camp.  Continue reading →

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Remember the Dead – The 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment & the Second Battle of Ypres

Posted on November 10, 2024 by Magicfingers

Men of the initial draft of the 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment (colloquially known as 3rd Mons, and mainly recruited from the Gwent area) parade at Abergavenny in South Wales in August 1914.  Part of the 83rd Brigade, 28th Division, they would cross the channel to France on the night of 14th February 1915, and would find themselves digging trenches around Ypres within four days of their arrival in Flanders.  Continue reading →

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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Fifteen – The M16 ‘Cigaro’

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Magicfingers

Here’s another of those curious contraptions that litter my Man Cave.  And if you disregard the vanes at the top, this image shows exactly why this was referred to as the Cigaro.  Continue reading →

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Post Update No. 5 – Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Magicfingers

Just like London buses, you wait for ages, and then two turn up almost at once.  Here’s another updated post from way back for you, and this one has had a major overhaul.  You can see what you think by clicking here.

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