Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Comines-Warneton

Name: Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
Address: Rue de Messines 159, Comines-Warneton, 7782, Belgium
Telephone: +32 56 58 84 41

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Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Comines-Warneton

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The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial in Belgium for missing soldiers of World War I. It commemorates men from the Allied Powers who fought on the northern Western Front outside the Ypres Salient and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located in the village of Ploegsteert and stands in the middle of Berks Cemetery Extension. ()

Alternative names: Unveiled: 1931Coordinates: 50°44'16"N, 2°52'56"E

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Rue de Messines 159Comines-Warneton 7782 Belgium

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+32 56 58 84 41

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Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Prowse Point Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Mud Corner Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Rifle House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.

0.8 miNE
Cemetery
Prowse Point Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
22 min walk • Prowse Point Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium.
0.8 miE
Cemetery
Ploegsteert Wood Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
20 min walk • Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient within Ploegsteert Wood on the Western Front in Belgium.
0.8 miNE
Cemetery
Mud Corner Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
20 min walk • Mud Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, on the Western Front.
0.8 miE
Cemetery
Rifle House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
22 min walk • Rifle House Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres on the Western Front.
~140 ftE
Cemetery
Hyde Park Corner Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
1 min walk • Hyde Park Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Belgium for the dead of the First World War, located in the village of Ploegsteert in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
~20 ftW
Cemetery
Berks Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Extension
1 min walk • Berks Cemetery Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Belgium for the dead of the First World War, located in the village of Ploegsteert in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
~1960 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ploegsteert Wood
10 min walk • Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient. It is located around the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, Wallonia. After fierce fighting in late 1914 and early 1915, Ploegsteert Wood became a quiet sector where no major action took place.