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If you want to see the battlefields of the Yser yourself then join us on the 2025 Great War Group Getaway in May. Full details and how to book at greatwargroup.com/news/gwg-spr...
January 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Great day behind the lines of the Yser battlefield today!

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Looking towards the northernmost point of the Western Front, the scene of Operation Strandfest in 1917. Exploring lesser-known but not less important sluices close by Nieuwpoort's Ganzepoot. The first mile of the Diksmuide-Nieuwpoort railway embankment in the background. Hooglede German military cemetery Hooglede Military Cemetery
January 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Today we have remembered the dead, but don’t forget that most came home from the Great War, many changed forever in mind or body: the Forgotten Survivors of the Great War. #ArmisticeDay #WW1
Wounded WW1 British soldier who has lost a leg sitting in a chair with his crutches. Image from my archives. Wounded WW1 soldier in ‘hospital blues’ uniform having lost a leg in the Great War. He is in a room with a gramophone behind and flowers in a jug on the table. Image from my archives.
November 11, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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November 11, 2024 at 2:17 PM