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: 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.

Dawson Duel

Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, GFDL.

Dawson Duel is situated 1 km southeast of RE Grave, Railway Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zillebeke and Saint Julien.

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.

Saint Julien

Hamlet

Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint Julien is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km north of RE Grave, Railway Wood.

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.

RE Grave, Railway Wood

Type: Cemetery
Description: commonwealth war graveyard near Ypres, France
Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery, war memorial, historic site, and burial
Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.85228° or 50° 51′ 8″ north

Longitude

2.93703° or 2° 56′ 13″ east

Operator

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Open location code

9F24VW2P+WR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 90607269

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial_site

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q1822851

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In Other Languages

“RE Grave, Railway Wood” goes by many names.

Dutch: “R.E. Grave, Railway Wood”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kraterbos and Bellewaerde Ridge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Cross of Sacrifice and ‘t hof Bellewaerde.

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