I Prefer a Blond (but don’t tell the Missus)

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Magicfingers

Spent the afternoon photographing some local war memorials and churchyards that I hadn’t got around to visiting yet, and am now settling down in the Man-Cave to watch the Champions League Final.  With a beer.

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The Somme – Villers-Bretonneux Part One: Villers-Bretonneux Demarcation Stone

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Magicfingers

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Surprise surprise!  We find ourselves back on the Somme, but not, this time, to explore the battlefields of 1916.  We are heading towards Villers-Bretonneux, where the Australian National Memorial, on what was once known simply as Hill 104, towers above all, some five miles away on the eastern horizon. Continue reading →

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The Road to Passchendaele Part Fourteen – Passchendaele New British Cemetery

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Magicfingers

We arrive at Passchendaele New British Cemetery beneath a glooming sky. Continue reading →

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The Road to Passchendaele Part Thirteen – The Passchendaele Memorial

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Magicfingers

The Passchendaele Memorial can be found in the south western suburbs of Passchendaele, a small town now, as it extends along the various roads that meet in its centre. Continue reading →

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The Road to Passchendaele Part Twelve – Passchendaele Village & War Memorial

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Magicfingers

Passchendaele, or Passendale, as the village is now called, church. Continue reading →

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The Road to Passchendaele Part Eleven – 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Memorial

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Magicfingers

Up on the Passchendaele Ridge, this memorial to the 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Nova Scotia Highlanders, can be found in the fields where they fought in the last days of October 1917. Continue reading →

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The Road to Passchendaele Part Ten – The New Zealand Memorial, ‘sGraventafel & a brief stop at Tyne Cot Cemetery

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Magicfingers

The New Zealand Memorial at ‘sGraventafel is one of a number of similarly styled New Zealand memorials along the Western Front that commemorate actions involving the  New Zealand Division, sited on or near the battlefields where they fought. Continue reading →

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