Commonwealth War Graves Beveren-IJzer
Beveren-IJzer Churchyard contains the graves of 20 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, all of whom died as prisoners of war. The eight Second World War burials (two of them unidentified) all date from May 1940 and the withdrawal to Dunkirk ahead of the German advance.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
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- Belgian Military Hospital First World War Hoogstade - Hoogstade (Alveringem)
- Military Field Kitchen and Well Pollinkhove - Pollinkhove (Lo-Reninge)
- V-1 Feuerstellung Proven - Proven (Poperinge)
Monument
- War Memorial Beveren-IJzer - Beveren-IJzer (Alveringem)
- Memorial Belgian Military Hospital Beveren-aan-de-IJzer - Beveren-aan-de-IJzer (Alveringem)
- War Memorial Stavele - Stavele (Alveringem)
Cemetery
- French War Grave Beveren-IJzer - Beveren-IJzer (Alveringem)
- Belgian Graves Veterans Beveren-IJzer - Beveren-IJzer (Alveringem)
- Belgian War Graves Beveren-IJzer - Beveren-IJzer (Alveringem)
Fortification
- Maginot Line - Blockhaus A1 Trois Rois - Hondschote
- Maginot Line - Blockhaus A5 Pont de Watou - Winnezeele
- German Observation Tower Poperinge - Poperinge
Crash site
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