St Yvon

St Yvon is a neighborhood in West Flanders, Flanders. St Yvon is situated nearby to the village Ploegsteert, as well as near the hamlet Le Gheer - Gheer.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing and Mud Corner Cemetery.

Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

Garden

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Mud Corner Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ploegsteert and Wulverghem.

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.

Wulverghem

Village

Photo: Friedrich Tellberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wulverghem is a Belgian village. It is the smallest village in the Heuvelland Municipality, with 260 people, and a total area of 350 hectares. Wulverghem is situated 3 km northwest of St Yvon.