01 Albert
With the famous Basilica topped by the “Golden Virgin”.
02 Beaumont Hamel
Newfoundland memorial park and untouched battlefield site.
03 Delville Wood
Commemorative Museum, South African Valierial War Memorial in memory of South African volunteers who died in the two world wars and in Korea.
04 Essex Farm
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Cemetery and dugouts - the source of the Poppy legend now associated with “Remembrance”.
05 Guillemont
Celtic Memorial Cross to 16th (Irish) Diossion which included a northern brigade.
06 Hellfire Corner
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The Menin Road.
07 In Flanders Fields Museum
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Here the emphasis is placed on the experiences of people - the soldiers, nurses, refugees and children who experienced the war “around Ypres all fields are battlefields” - many are now graveyards.
08 Langmarc
German Military Cemetery sheltered behind oak trees with a huge mass grave in the centre.
09 Last Post Ceremony
This is held at the Menin Gate every night at 8.00pm.
10 Lochnagar
Mine crater near Borselle. |
11 Menin Gate
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Built in 1927 as a memorial to the soldiers who died defending the town between 1914 and 1918.
12 Messines Ridge
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To the south of Ypres - strategic high ground.
13 Parc Asterix
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French theme park based on the legend of Asterix the gall on the northern side of Paris.
14 Passchendale
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“Battle of the Mud”.
15 Peronne
Historial de la Grande Guene - one of the largest 1st World War museums to the south of Arras.
16 Sanctuary Wood (Hill 62)
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A portion of the front line and support trenches has been preserved - this was a gathering point for soldiers cut off from their units.
17 Thiepval - Ulster Memorial Tower & Visitors Centre
Memorial to the missing, including 3 Ulster Divisions VC.
18 Tyne Cot Cemetery
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11,908 graves and a memorial with 35,000 names of soldiers with no known graves - erected after the Menin Gate as they could not fit all the names on that monument.
19 Vimy Ridge & Tunnels
Canadian Memorial to the north of Arras with reconstructed Allied and German front lines. |