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Ypres' earthen ramparts built by King Louis XIV's military engineer, the Marquis de Vauban, ... and the little Ramparts (Lille Gate) Cemetery containing the graves of 198 soldiers. ...
We reached the Lille Gate, and entered the Ramparts’ Cemetery. Rows upon rows of white markers stood silently; nearby, graceful strands of weeping willows reached down to touch the waters of a quiet ...
Tyne Cot Cemetery. It will take you 10 minutes to get here by car. A quick right out of the town, over a roundabout, straight on alongside the old Ypres-Roulers railway.
The First World War 'Wipers Times' is commemorated by the opening of a Belgian brewery in the ramparts of the once ruined city. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.
Red letter: colourful planting helps soften the headstones at Tyne Cot cemetery in Ypres, Belgium. The First World War memorial receives up to 700,000 visitors a year, posing significant ...
The remains of the British soldiers were found in 2015 during building work on the site of an old military cemetery. Many bodies were reburied after the war at the larger New Irish Farm cemetery ...
Born in Bishop Wilton in 1876 and one of seven children, he will be buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's New Irish Farm Cemetery near Ypres on Wednesday afternoon.