With the British Army in Flanders & France

The Arras Memorial & Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Magicfingers

Before we leave the city of Arras, it would be remiss of us not to pay our respects at the Arras Memorial. Continue reading →

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Arras – The Resistance Memorial

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Magicfingers

Night time in the Grand Place, Arras. Continue reading →

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Arras War Memorial

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Magicfingers

The inscription above the Poilu remembers the ‘Children of Arras, Dead in the Defense of Right’. Continue reading →

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Arras – Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Magicfingers

Seven miles south east of Arras, and now just to the east of the A1 – the Autoroute du Nord – the village of Heninel was captured by the British on 12th April 1917, four days into the Battle of Arras. Continue reading →

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Arras – The Battle of Arras Memorial & La Carrière Wellington

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Magicfingers

If you follow the D917 south out of Arras towards Bapaume, you soon find yourself passing through the district of Ronville which, once upon a time, consisted of just a few houses clinging to the side of the road. Today it is a sprawling suburb of the city, indistinguishable from so many other suburbs in so many other French cities. Continue reading →

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