Next to Reninghelst church, there’s a purpose-built churchyard extension, with a Cross of Sacrifice front and centre. Reninghelst had been occupied by British troops in the late autumn of 1914 and would remain in their hands throughout the war. Continue reading
I doubt if too many of you have visited Reninghelst. It’s hardly on the coach tour route, and I imagine most people who visit likely have personal reasons for doing so. Continue reading
James Bamforth had long produced ‘song cards’, utilising popular songs of the time to layer the sentiment on his postcards, and the tradition continued throughout the Great War, by the end of which his company was producing some twenty million cards a year. Continue reading
We’ve been here before. More than once. Although not at this time of year. Continue reading
Westouter’s second cemetery can be found just three hundred yards north of the church & churchyard that we visited last post. Continue reading
Every so often we find ourselves in an area that remained behind the British lines for the whole of the war, and Westoutre, now Westouter, is one such place. Continue reading
That’s pretty. Continue reading
