Alex Decoteau
Alex Decoteau is a memorial in Zonnebeke, Arrondissement of Ypres, Flanders. Alex Decoteau is situated nearby to Passchendaele New British Cemetery, as well as near the suburb Passendale.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Passchendaele New British Cemetery and Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Passchendaele New British Cemetery
Cemetery
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Passchendaele New British Cemetery is situated 420 metres northeast of Alex Decoteau.
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Cemetery
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Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. Tyne Cot Cemetery is situated 2 km south of Alex Decoteau.
Sint-Audomaruskerk
Church
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Sint-Audomaruskerk is a church, which is situated 1¼ km east of Alex Decoteau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Passendale and Westrozebeke.
Passendale
Suburb
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Passendale or Passchendaele is a rural Belgian village in the Zonnebeke municipality of West Flanders province. It is close to the town of Ypres, situated on the hill ridge separating the historical wetlands of the Yser and Leie valleys.
Westrozebeke
Suburb
Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westrozebeke is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is part of the municipality of Staden. It is located 6 miles west of Roeselare and 9.5 miles north-east of Ypres. Westrozebeke is situated 3 km north of Alex Decoteau.
Zonnebeke
Town
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Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare, Gheluvelt, Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper. Zonnebeke is situated 3½ km south of Alex Decoteau.
Alex Decoteau
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “On 30 October 1917 / Alex Decoteau / Age 29 / 49th Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force / Member of the Cree Red Pheasant First Nation / First Canadian Indigenous Police Officer / Edmonton Police Service / Olympic Athlete (Stockholm 1912) / was killed in these”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Zonnebeke, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.90266° or 50° 54′ 10″ northLongitude
3.00533° or 3° 0′ 19″ eastInception
November 8th, 2024Open location code
9F25W234+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 13675632502OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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