Poperinge Part Ten – Busseboom: The Chinese Memorial Site

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Magicfingers

A cold, clear, January afternoon on the outskirts of Poperinge. Continue reading →

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Generations at War

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Magicfingers

Thoroughly uninteresting postcard (hence the tiny inset) of a tomb in Rouen Cathedral that was awaiting me on my return to Blighty the other day, more than made up for by the note on the back – from serving son to serving father.

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Poperinge Part Five – The Condemned Cell & Execution Courtyard

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Magicfingers

“I could not look on Death, which being known, Men led me to him, blindfold and alone.”  At the start of this tour of Poperinge, I said that we would return to the centre of town in due course, and so here we are. Continue reading →

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Weekend Report

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Magicfingers

A few shots from this weekend’s Flanders excursion.  Continue reading →

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New Arrival

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Magicfingers

I’m very sorry about this.  I don’t normally do this sort of thing. Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Men of Wittenberg

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Magicfingers

Happy New Year all.  I bought myself a Christmas present this year.  Well, I kind of bought all of us a Christmas present this year, because I figured that once this twenty-page booklet, published in 1918, arrived, I’d scan it and share it with you lot. Continue reading →

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Red Farm Military Cemetery

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Magicfingers

Update June 2020: Before you go any further, you should know that this post has since been superseded by a newer Red Farm Military Cemetery post as further research has revealed more details about what happened here, which have changed the story just a little, but significantly so.  Should you wish to go straight to the newer Red Farm post, click here.  Alternatively, please feel free to read this post anyway – the Red Farm information is still accurate and basically the same in both posts, but the Dirty Bucket Camp section has become irrelevant to the story, although I hope still of interest.

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