Quatre Rois in Flanders
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Battle of Messines (1917)

The Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) was an offensive conducted by the British Second Army, under the command of General Herbert Plumer, on the Western Front near the village of Messines in Belgian West Flanders during the First World War. The Nivelle offensive in April and May had failed to achieve its more ambitious aims and this had resulted in the demoralisation of French troops and the dislocation of the Anglo-French strategy for 1917.

Located at 50.7644, 2.8981 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1917 in Belgium, 20th-century explosions, Battles of the Western Front (World War I), Battles of World War I involving Australia, Battles of World War I involving Germany, Battles of World War I involving New Zealand, Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, Conflicts in 1917, World War I mines, Ypres Salient, Tunnel warfare, Battle honours of the Rifle Brigade

Island of Ireland Peace Park

The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park (Irish: Páirc Síochána d'Oileán na h'Éireann), also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I, during Ireland's involvement in the conflict.

Located at 50.7598, 2.89476 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Military monuments and memorials, History of Ireland 1801–1923, Ireland in World War I, World War I memorials in Belgium

Hollebeke

Hollebeke is a Flemish village in the Belgian province of West Vlaanderen, now part of Ypres city.

Located at 50.8053, 2.93806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ypres, Villages in West Flanders

Prowse Point Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Prowse Point Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.

Located at 50.7438, 2.89869 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium

Mud Corner Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.

Located at 50.7423, 2.89792 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium

Warneton, Belgium

Warneton (in Dutch Waasten, in Picard Varnetån or Warneuton) is part of the Belgian municipality of Comines-Warneton in Wallonia in the province of Hainaut. It was a municipality of its own until the 1977 merger of Belgian municipalities.

Located at 50.75, 2.95 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Hainaut (province)

Canal de la Deûle

The Canal de la Deûle is a canal in northern France connecting Bauvin to the Belgian border near Deûlémont. It is 35.8 km with 3 locks. It may also be called the liaison Bauvin-Lys. South of Bauvin, the canal continues as part of the Canal Dunkerque-Escaut until it reaches Douai. Parts of the Deule were made navigatible as early as the 13th century. It was linked with the Scarpe in the 17th century and the Lys river in the 18th.

Located at 50.7333, 2.93333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Canals in France

Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial

The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Messines Ridge British Cemetery, near the town of Mesen, Belgium. The memorial lists 827 officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force with no known grave who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918. This period included the Battle of Messines. The memorial, designed by the English architect Charles Holden, is one of seven such memorials on the Western Front to the missing dead from New Zealand.

Located at 50.7651, 2.89072 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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British military memorials and cemeteries, World War I memorials in Belgium, World War I cemeteries in Belgium, New Zealand military memorials and cemeteries, Charles Holden buildings