Le Gheer

Gheer is a hamlet of Wallonia in the municipality of Comines-Warneton, district of Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The hamlet is situated on the Warneton - Ploegsteert road, approximately 15 km south of Ypres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rifle House Cemetery and Ploegsteert Wood.

Rifle House Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Ploegsteert Wood

Forest

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.

Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Redvers, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ploegsteert and Warneton.

Ploegsteert

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.

Ploegsteert is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the most westerly settlement of Wallonia.

Warneton

Village

Photo: Floflo62, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Warneton is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Warneton is situated 3½ km northeast of Le Gheer.