French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Three – Laventie War Memorial

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Magicfingers

A brief stop in the centre of Laventie to pay our respects at the town war memorial.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part Two – Laventie Communal Cemetery

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Magicfingers

There is just a single CWGC headstone to be found today in Laventie Communal Cemetery.  Continue reading →

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French Flanders: From Laventie to Neuve Chapelle Part One – Laventie Military Cemetery

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Magicfingers

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 →

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Post Updates Nos. 2 & 3 – Maple Leaf & Underhill Farm Cemeteries

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Magicfingers

A couple of updated older posts for you, as promised, both little-visited cemeteries, because both are somewhat off the beaten track.  Continue reading →

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Mont Kemmel – The Lettenberg Bunkers

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Magicfingers

Restored British bunkers on the slopes of the Kemmelberg. Continue reading →

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Post Update No. 1

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Magicfingers

Time, as we all know, is a creeper.  One minute you’re starting a brand new website and hoping that someone, somewhere, will find it of interest, and the next, you’re staring at years of work with tens of thousands of pictures, hundreds of thousands of words and, as it turned out, views too – more than someone, apparently, found it interesting.  Continue reading →

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‘Let’s Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs’

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Magicfingers

A sunny afternoon in Flanders’ fields.  Looks nice, doesn’t it?  All the pictures in this post, barring the final two, were taken in various different cemeteries in Belgian Flanders a fortnight ago (most will enlarge if you click them). Continue reading →

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