49th (West Riding) Division Memorial

49th (West Riding) Division Memorial is a memorial in Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders. 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial is situated nearby to Essex Farm Cemetery, as well as near the bunker Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station.

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Type: Memorial
Description: war memorial in Belgium
Also known as: “British 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial (WWI)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Essex Farm Cemetery and Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station.

Essex Farm Cemetery

Cemetery

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Essex Farm Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground within the John McCrae Memorial Site near Ypres, Belgium. There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified.

Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station

Bunker

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Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station is a bunker.

Bard Cottage Cemetery

Cemetery

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Bard Cottage Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground near Ypres, Belgium. It is home to 1,607 identified casualties. The cemetery is half a kilometre north of Essex Farm Cemetery. Bard Cottage Cemetery is situated 700 metres northwest of 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boezinge and Vlamertinge.

Boezinge

Village

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Boezinge is a village in the municipality of Ypres in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Boezinge can be reached via the N369 road in the direction of Diksmuide. Boezinge is situated 3 km northwest of 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial.

Vlamertinge

Village

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Vlamertinge is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a borough of the city of Ypres. The village centre of Vlamertinge lies just outside the city centre of Ypres, along the main road N38 to the nearby town of Poperinge. Vlamertinge is situated 4 km southwest of 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial.

Elverdinge

Village

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Elverdinge is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The village is part of the municipality of Ypres. In World War I, the village was part of the Ypres Salient, a bulge in the front lines around Ypres in WWI, created in late 1914 after the front stabilised and the Allied and German armies dug in around the town. Elverdinge is situated 4½ km west of 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial.

49th (West Riding) Division Memorial

Categories: war memorial and historic site
Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.87104° or 50° 52′ 16″ north

Longitude

2.87389° or 2° 52′ 26″ east

Open location code

9F24VVCF+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 769175162

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q108983007

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