pferguson | November 1, 2021
Gunner J. Foy 11828 4th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery On 17 September 1914 the 4th Siege Battery proceeded to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force being equipped with Howitzers firing 6, 8 0r 9.2 inch shells. Although “Mother” the first prototype 9.2 inch gun was in action 31 October 1914 it is […]
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Tags: 1 November 1914, 4th Siege Battery, Assumption Convent, Charring Cross, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Le Bizet, Le Bizet Military Convent Cemetery, Motor Car Corner, Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Royal Garrison Artillery, Strand, Strand Military Cemetery, War Graves
pferguson | September 26, 2016
Ypres Day Two of Five Today it is a return to Ploegsteert and as we lumber our way across the roadway towards the Rijselpoort, the cobbles remind us every few seconds that we are not quite at our peak for the day. Heading south we successfully navigate our way in approxiamately an hour to Ploegseert Church. […]
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Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 7th Battalion CEF (1st BC Regiment), Arthur Currie K.C.M.G. K.C.B., Bedford House Cemetery, Canadian Scottish, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Great War, Herbert Beaumont Boggs, High Ground, Mesen, Ploegsteert, Ploegsteert Church, Ploegsteert Churchyard Cemetery, Rijselpoort, Somewhere in Belgium, Thomas Sutton, Victoria War Memorial, Wijschate, Ypres, Ypres Salient 2016
pferguson | September 25, 2016
Ypres Day One of Five The train arrives at Lille once again and I am most pleased to be back on this familiar expedition towards the Ypres Salient. As our driver takes us on our journey past drifting towns, villages and landmarks he is careful to avoid the many sail-less bicycles drifting to and fro on this […]
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Tags: Belgium, France, Great War, Ieper, In Flanders Fields Museum, It's The End of the World As We Know It, Lille, Passchendaele, Ploegsteert, Poperinge, St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres Salient 2016
