Patrick Joseph Bugden VC

| November 7, 2022

Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium: Action of 28 September 1917 THY WILL BE DONE NOT MINE For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when on two occasions our advance was temporarily held up by strongly defended “pill-boxes”. Pte. Bugden, in the face of devastating fire from machine guns, gallantly led small parties to attack these […]

Are there Poppy Blooms in France and Flanders?

| March 31, 2020

I wonder… Each night I walk. A steady jaunt through the neighbourhood, choosing to walk when fewer people are about…there is less risk that way. As I walk the road the 7 PM salute to our first responders builds. I watch as one curious robin hops across a lawn, his ear openings wizened to these […]