The British Memorial
This Memorial, erected along the Ploegsteert-Ypres road, was unveiled in June 1931. It is a kind of circular temple with impressive sizes supported by colonnades and guarded by two stone lions.
The names of 11447 soldiers and officers of the British empire who could not receive a grave are engraved forever in its walls.
The names of 11447 soldiers and officers of the British empire who could not receive a grave are engraved forever in its walls.
A LAST POST ceremony is organised at the Memorial on every first Friday of the month at 7 p.m.
The Memory Path: walk in the woods of Ploegsteert and La Hutte.
Comments and anecdotes about the most important aspect of Ploegsteert, i.e. its strategic position in the very heart of the Great War.
Comments and anecdotes about the most important aspect of Ploegsteert, i.e. its strategic position in the very heart of the Great War.
Information and booking:
Tourism Office of Comines-Warneton
21, chemin du Moulin Soete, 7780 Comines
Tel : +32(0)56/55.56.00
Fax: +32(0)56/55.56.08
E-mail : office.tourisme.comines-warneton@belgacom.be
Tourism Office of Comines-Warneton
21, chemin du Moulin Soete, 7780 Comines
Tel : +32(0)56/55.56.00
Fax: +32(0)56/55.56.08
E-mail : office.tourisme.comines-warneton@belgacom.be
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