Hot on the heels of our brief stop in Lizerne, here we are a little under half a mile north of the village, and this is the memorial to the Belgian Grenadiers who died during the first German gas attacks at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres. Continue reading
A mile and a half north of Boesinghe we find ourselves in the centre of the little village of Lizerne, about 900 hundred yards west of the Yser Canal, where, at the crossroads at its centre, another Demarcation Stone shows once again where the Germans were halted in 1918. Continue reading
St. Michael’s Church, totally rebuilt since the Great War, of course, stands in the centre of Boesinghe, the village war memorial in the foreground. Continue reading
Arriving in the centre of Boesinghe, our attention turns briefly to 1918, as we spot another of the nineteen Demarcation Stones that can still be found in Belgium to this day. Continue reading
Believe it or not, it was nearly two years ago that I first showed you a few pages from this little autograph book. At the time I promised that I would publish the remaining pages at some point, and being a man of my word, here they are. Click here if you need a reminder of the pages I showed you first time round. Continue reading
Two thirds of a mile due north of Talana Farm Cemetery, we find ourselves at the railway station in the southern outskirts of Boesinghe, this view looking west. Continue reading
Let’s return to our Boesinghe Tour. As the road winds its way ever nearer Boesinghe, this signpost points across the fields to Talana Farm Cemetery. Continue reading
