L'Auberge & Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience
L'Auberge in Ploegsteert situated opposite Ploegsteer Memorial to the Missing
the place to start a guided battlefield tour
Vladslo
Vladslo German Cemetery during a tour organized by Ploegsteert Sector Battlefield Experience
Prowse Point military cemetery (1914-1918) - Ploegsteert (Belgium)
One of the most beautiful CWGC cemeteries in the Ypres Salient (Flanders - Belgium).
Location Information:
Prowse Point Military Cemetery is located 11.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen, Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. 2 Kms after Mesen lies the left hand turning onto Rue St.Yvon. The cemetery is located 600 metres along this road on the right hand side.
Historical Information:
This cemetery is unique on the Salient for being named after an individual. It is the site of the stand by the 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment and the 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry in October 1914, which featured the heroism of a Major Charles Prowse - later as Brigadier-General C.B. Prowse, DSO (Somerset Light Infantry), he would be killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, whilst commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade (he is buried in Louvencourt Military Cemetery).
The cemetery was begun by the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the 1st Royal Warwicks, and was used from November 1914 to April 1918.
It contains 225 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
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British Memorial of Plugstreet, viewed in 3D
Voici le prestigieux Mémorial de Ploegsteert (B), construit en 1931, photographié en 2013 par le procédé anaglyphe, ce qui permet de l'admirer en relief 3D, à l'aide de lunettes 3D : filtre rouge à l'oeil gauche, filtre bleu devant l'oeil droit.
Pour mieux commémorer le sacrifice des Britanniques, tombés sur Western Front, durant la guerre 1914-18.... Le début d'un désastre dont la ville de Comines-Warneton prépare activement le 100e anniversaire.
The Lightfront 17-10-2014 : Last Post @ Ploegsteert Memorial
ANZAC DAY 25 AVRIL 2013 PLOEGSTEERT BELGIUM TORONTO AVENUE CEMEMTERY 3
ANZAC DAY 25 AVRIL 2013 PLOEGSTEERT BELGIUM TORONTO AVENUE CEMEMTERY 3
WWI Capture of Messines - 250194-07 | Footage Farm Ltd
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[WWI - 1917, Sport Competition; Messines Battle, ca 05-12Jun17]
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08:56:00 Intertitle: “Sports behind the lines...keeping everyone fit...” 15th Scottish Div. (not in Battle of Messines) tug-of-war, running races in gas mask, in kilts carrying bagpipes. Mules pull gun carriages past.
08:57:07 Title: Before taking up front line positions, Australian troops were shown a large contour plan...
08:57:15 Australian 3rd Division troops descend from observation tower overlooking contour plan / scale model of battlefield laid out near Scherpenberg. Aussie troops around fence overlooking plan; stand around officer w/ map. Pan across w/ soldiers looking at map.
08:58:06 05Jun17 Preliminary bombardment begins in afternoon, heavy smoke seen across Douve River valley over heads of Australian soldiers.
08:58:26 Intertitle. Artillery observer on edge of Ploegsteert Wood on field telephone to gunnery batteries.
08:58:44 11Jun17 Road from Ploegstert to Messines w/ wounded carried on stretchers past barren landscape & stunted trees. Walking wounded, water wagon past. Mules carrying ammunition crates & supplies past in opposite direction toward front lines. MCU wounded soldiers stop for cigarette.
08:59:51 Printed excerpt from Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch re nineteen deep mines exploded simultaneously. View into deep crater from the explosions, soldiers walking in bottom show massive size. Messines being shelled by Germans seen across ruins.
09:01:28 ca 08Jun17 Intertitle. “Ruins of Wytschaete Village, captured by North & South Irishmen fighting side by side.” Wood on left.
09:01:41 Interitle: “Irish regiments...from trenches to a rest camp.” 16th Irish Division marching back to Locre rest area; led by military band, greeted by its LOOB / Left Out of Battle segment.
09:02:22 Intertitle: “And next comes a good wash.” Troops wash in farm pond.
09:02:38 Intertitle: “The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on their way back to a rest camp”. Men of 6th Royal Irish Rifles / Regiment issued stout. Men queue in long line to get beer ration.
09:03:57 Intertitle. Major General O.S.W. Nugent & staff of 36th Ulster Division pose; groups of officers & men of 36th Division.
09:04:28 Intertitle. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers gag for camera w/ captured trophies: German helmets, etc pose near Dranoutre.
09:04:42 Intertitle. “Some of the men who were led ‘over the top’ by the late Major W. Redmond M.P.” Men of 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, group around camera w/ tents in their rest area.
09:05:10 Intertitle. Grave of Major Redmond w/ flowers growing, two nuns stand beside looking at it. CU grave.
WW1; Battles; Fighting Aftermath; Wounded; Allied Troops; Destruction;
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NOTE: Prelude to Third Battle of Ypres, aka Passchendaele, which began on 11Jul17.
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Ploegsteert Memorial Ceremony 4th July 2014
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on 4th July 2014
Plugstreet 14-18 Interpretation Centre
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Ploegsteert Plugstreet Hyde Park Corner la scène des fantômes
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Ploegsteert Memorial
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Ploegsteert Wood 1915 part 1. Workbench Wednesday.
Today I start the first part of the Tommy's War Ploegsteert Wood diorama.
Love this kit and can't wait to start on the figures.
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Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Belgium.
The memorial lists the 11,367 missing Commonwealth soldiers from battles in the area.
Violets from Plugstreet Wood
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The Pool of Peace is the scene of Death and Destruction
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Belgium honours our Anzacs
An Anzac Day memorial service has been held for the first time at a Belgium war cemetery where only Australian diggers are buried.
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LAST-POST DU PLOEGSTEERT 11 NOVEMBRE 2013
LAST-POST DU PLOEGSTEERT 11 NOVEMBRE 2013
Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery 1914 - 1918
Gefilmd op 04/08/2014