Memorial Stone Harry Patch

On 27 September 2008, the then 110-years old Harry Patch, the last surviving veteran of the Great War, opened this memorial dedicated to the men of his battalion, the 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. It marks the exact spot where Harry and the comrades crossed the flooded river Steenbeek in the early hours of 16 August 1917 on a hasty constructed pontoon, to reconquer the village of Langemarck from the German occupying forces after heavy fighting. That assault was part of the Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres – 31 July to 10 November 1917.
Harry Patch, 17 June 1898 ) 25 July 2009.

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• Text: Informatiebord
• Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge