French Flanders: The Nursery Part Nine – Chapelle-d’Armentières Old Military Cemetery

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Now this looks a bit better.  Weather-wise I mean. Continue reading →

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part Eight – X Farm Cemetery

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Magicfingers

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No let up in the weather, folks.  When we reached X Farm Cemetery, Baldrick declined to vacate the car, and I have to admit that my own excursion was somewhat brief. Continue reading →

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The Military Service Act 1916 – One Hundred Years On

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Magicfingers

074You might not know this, but exactly 100 years ago today, on the 27th January 1916, the British Government passed the Military Service Act, which made all single men between the ages of eighteen and forty one liable to be called up for compulsory military service.  Conscription had begun.

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part Seven – Desplanque Farm Cemetery

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Five hundred yards as the crow flies north east of Ration Farm Military Cemetery, our next stop finds us at Desplanque Farm Cemetery. Continue reading →

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French Flanders: The Nursery Part Six – Ration Farm Military Cemetery

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Magicfingers

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A little less than a mile north east of Bois-Grenier, our next stop sees us at Ration Farm Military Cemetery… Continue reading →

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Nurse Jessie Morton’s Autograph Book Part One

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Magicfingers

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Talking of little books, as we did last time (before I forget, those of you who have read the previous Butte de Warlencourt post will find I have added a couple of documents you might find of interest at the end of that post), here’s another one. Continue reading →

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Travels on the Somme Part Eighteen – The Butte de Warlencourt

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Magicfingers

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The Butte de Warlencourt from the Albert-Bapaume road. Continue reading →

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