RE Grave, Railway Wood
RE Grave, Railway Wood is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial and war grave located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is located on the Bellewaerde Ridge near Zillebeke, about 4 kilometres east of Ypres, and a little north of Hooge.Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Liverpool Scottish Memorial and Bellewaerde.
Liverpool Scottish Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Redvers, Public domain.
The Liverpool Scottish Memorial is a World War I memorial erected in Belgium in 2000. It is located in Railway Wood on the Bellewaerde Ridge near Zillebeke, about 4 kilometres east of Ypres, and a little north of Hooge.
Bellewaerde
Theme park
Photo: Pehuyghe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellewaerde is a theme park in the West Flemish countryside at Zonnebeke near Ypres, Belgium. It was established in 1954, on the grounds of the World War I Battle of Bellewaarde. Bellewaerde is situated 1 km east of RE Grave, Railway Wood.
Hooge Crater
Museum
Photo: Poehtje, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hooge Crater is a museum, which is situated 790 metres southeast of RE Grave, Railway Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zillebeke and Zonnebeke.
Zillebeke
Village
Photo: AndyMalengier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. It is a former municipality which is now part of Ypres.
Zonnebeke
Town
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 4 km northeast of RE Grave, Railway Wood.
Hollebeke
Village
Hollebeke is a Flemish village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, now part of Ypres. Hollebeke is situated 5 km south of RE Grave, Railway Wood.
RE Grave, Railway Wood
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: commonwealth war graveyard near Ypres, France
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery, historic site, and burial
- Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.85228° or 50° 51′ 8″ northLongitude
2.93703° or 2° 56′ 13″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24VW2P+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 90607269OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q1822851
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In Other Languages
“RE Grave, Railway Wood” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “R.E. Grave, Railway Wood”
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Highlights include Kraterbos and Bellewaerde Ridge.
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