WWI in Ypres

Discover 6 places tagged “WWI” in Ypres.

Gravestones

Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

The museum exterior.

In Flanders Fields Museum

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Sanctuary Wood Museum

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Preserved wounded dressing station

The Birthplace of 'In Flanders Fields'

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

Collection from the iron harvest in a basement.

The Yorkshire Trench

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

Soldiers marching through the Menin Gate (before the modern structure) at the start of WWI

Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Are we missing something unusual in Ypres?