French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Five – The Neuve Chapelle Memorial

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Magicfingers

This is the Neuve Chapelle Memorial.  Continue reading →

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None Of These Men Died For Us

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Magicfingers

Wounded soldiers pose for the camera at a hospital in Blighty, most of these men destined to return to the fighting at some future point, I would have thought. Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Four – Neuve Chapelle War Memorial

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Magicfingers

Neuve Chapelle war memorial is an unprepossessing little memorial outside this building in the centre of the village.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Three – Neuve-Chapelle British Cemetery

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Magicfingers

There’s a track down the left edge of this cornfield, and beyond, some trees on the horizon that we’ve seen before, if from the other side.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part Two – Neuve-Chapelle Farm Cemetery

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Magicfingers

Soldiers of the Corn.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Neuve Chapelle Part One – Euston Post Cemetery

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Magicfingers

We begin the second half of this tour around a mile or so down the road from our last stop, Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, at what is not really much more than a scattering of graves by the roadside.  I say the second half of the tour, but really this is a brand new tour, hence the changed title, because this post, and in particular those that follow, are inextricably linked with Neuve Chapelle, either the battle in 1915, or by location.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Nine – Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Magicfingers

This is Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, the largest of the cemeteries we shall be visiting in either part of our current tour. Continue reading →

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