Messines, (Mesen) Belgium where my grandfather was wounded during the Battle for Messines Ridge
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Messines Ridge British CWGC Cemetery |
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Entrance to Messines Ridge British CWGC Cemetery |
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Looking back toward Messine from the Cemetery |
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View back up Messines Ridge to the Church (right) and Cemtery (centre). The road is the N314 to Wulvergem (see map below).
Another view from Messines (near Beerhoek on the map below) looking over the valley to Hill 63 (centre right) where the Australians marshalled before the Battle. The road on the far left of the above photograph is the N365 to Ploegsteert. The photograph is taken from the Ulster Memorial Park which was commemorated by Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1998. |
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Looking back to Messines |
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Looking back towards Messines |
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Looking back towards Messines. Ulster
Memorial and NZ Memorial are visible on the ridge |
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View from the New Zealand Memorial towards Hill 63 |
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Mark Abercromby
November 2003