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Tag Archives: First World War
Lives of the First World War
Regular visitors to the blog may be thinking that I have given up on the blog. Be rest assured I have not, and this post will explain why. Recently I started submitting images to “Lives of the First World War”, … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, CWGC, Heritage, Military, Personal, South Africa, United Kingdom, War, War Grave, War Memorial, World War 1
Tagged CWGC, First World War, grave, Lives of the First World War
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Bad teeth no bar
Many years ago when I was photographing the WW1 Record cards for the South African War Graves Project I was puzzled by the notation on some of the cards “May be rendered dentally fit in 7 days”. When I first … Continue reading
Posted in Hobbies and Interests, Military, Personal, South Africa, United Kingdom, War, World War 1
Tagged Dentist, First World War, Record cards, Soldiers, South African War Graves Project, teeth
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Armistice Day 11/11/2016
Shortly after October ends we enter the period where we remember “The Fallen”. That encompasses mostly those who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars, as well as conflicts that may have affected your own country or … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, War, War Memorial, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged 11 November, Casualty, First World War, Poppy Day, Remembrance Day, Second World War, war, World War
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Christmas Gravehunting
Yes it is true, I will even go gravehunting on Christmas. Early on Christmas day I packed my goodies and headed off to Monk Sherborne, to photograph two more CWGC graves at the All Saints Church. It was not … Continue reading
Posted in Basingstoke, Churches and Cathedrals, CWGC, Hampshire, Personal, United Kingdom, War Grave, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged All Saints Church, Basingstoke, CWGC, First World War, Monk Sherborne, Sherborne St John
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