German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Two – The Kugelhandgranate Model 1915 ‘Na’

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Magicfingers

So here’s the grenade that replaced the Model 1913. Continue reading →

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German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part One – The Kugelhandgranate Model 1913 ‘Aa’

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Magicfingers

Today we begin a series of posts on German hand grenades of the Great War, and the posts will do exactly what it says on the tin.  Until we get to Austro-Hungarian grenades.  Which we shall, never fear. Continue reading →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Ten – Lizerne: The Belgian Grenadiers Memorial

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Magicfingers

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 →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Nine – Lizerne Demarcation Stone & Belgian Carabiniers Plaque

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Magicfingers

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 →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Eight – Boesinghe War Memorial & Churchyard

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Magicfingers

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 →

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A Tour of Boesinghe Part Seven – Boesinghe Demarcation Stone, Klene Berta & Boesinghe Château

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Magicfingers

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 →

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Nurse Jessie Morton’s Autograph Book Part Two

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Magicfingers

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 →

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