Fauquissart Military Cemetery, five hundred yards south west of the crossroads at the centre of present-day Fauquissart, is a small, oblong, cemetery with widely spaced headstones that you just know on arrival will be a tricky one to photograph, at least in any kind of interesting way. Continue reading
This somewhat sombre German cemetery – you could say they all are – began as a Battle of the Lys burial ground at the start of Operation Georgette on 9th April 1918, and was used until the German retreat four months later. Continue reading
Welcome to Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard. Continue reading
A mile to the east of Laventie, this is Rue du Bacquerot 13th London Graveyard, which is today to be found on Rue Plate, which leads into Rue de la Vengerie and, eventually, a mile and a quarter south of here, Rue du Bacquerot. Helpful, that. Still, that’s the risk you run if you decide to name your cemetery after a road. Continue reading
A brief stop in the centre of Laventie to pay our respects at the town war memorial. Continue reading
There is just a single CWGC headstone to be found today in Laventie Communal Cemetery. Continue reading
Our last trip to French Flanders, four years ago now, took us along the River Lys from Erquinghem to La Gorgue, ending with a visit to the Great War burials within the town’s communal cemetery. Continue reading
