It seems strange, after more than seven years and over 800 posts, that there are still a handful of cemeteries within a stone’s throw of the Menin Gate, to the east of the City of Ypres (Ieper), that I have yet to show you round, so it’s high time we begin to put that right. Continue reading
In Part Four of this introduction to Austro-Hungarian hand grenades I showed you a small Schwere hand grenade, very similar to this example. Continue reading
Another heavy Schwere hand grenade, this version introduced into the Austro-Hungarian Army during the latter part of the war. Continue reading
The road leads north to Ypres (Ieper), less than two miles ahead of us, but, as with so many places in Flanders, if you keep your eyes peeled, there are things to see on the way.
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Mount Jerome Cemetery covers some fifty acres of land only two miles or so south west of Dublin City centre. There are thirty five Great War and thirty nine Second World War burials here, the only problem facing me as I arrived – apart from, as ever, time – being where exactly to find them.
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St. Stephens Green Park, scene of serious fighting during the first days of the Easter Rising. Continue reading
Here’s an interesting relic that resides behind my chair whilst I’m typing this bunkum. Continue reading
