First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November 1914), when the Allies captured the town of Ypres from the Germans, the Château de Hooge was used by the...
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Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in...
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around Hooge on Bellewaerde Ridge, about 2.5 mi (4 km) east of Ypres in Flanders in Belgium, was one of the easternmost sectors of the Ypres Salient...
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The Ypres Salient, around Ypres, in Belgium, was the scene of several battles and a major part of the Western Front during World War I. Ypres lies at...
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island and municipality in northern Germany Hooge (Ypres), a village in Belgium, now part of the city of Ypres Hooge in World War I This disambiguation page...
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Hooge Crater Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium...
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Battle of Passchendaele (redirect from Third Battle of Ypres)
in the new year. The Battle of the Lys (Fourth Battle of Ypres) and the Fifth Battle of Ypres of 1918, were fought before the Allies occupied the Belgian...
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Zwarteleen area of Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium. It is located about 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) from the centre of Ypres and directly on the railway line...
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Actions of the Bluff, 1916 (redirect from The Bluff (Ypres))
mound near St Eloi, south-east of Ypres in Belgium, created from a spoil heap made during the digging of the Ypres–Comines Canal before the war. From...
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(10 August 1917). The small village of Hooge in Flanders belonged to one of the easternmost sectors of the Ypres Salient, which made it the site of intense...
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177th Tunnelling Company (section Hooge 1915 – 1917)
Bellewaerde Ridge near Zillebeke. The area at Hooge where the old Ypres-Roeselare railway crossed the Ypres-Menen road belonged to one of the easternmost...
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Sint-Elooi (redirect from St. Eloi (Ypres))
5 km (3.1 mi) south of Ypres in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres. Though Sint-Elooi is the...
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on both sides was Railway Wood, an area at Hooge where the old Ypres-Roeselare railway crossed the Ypres-Menen road. Aerial photographs clearly show...
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First World War, 5 km east of Ypres, Belgium, near Hooge in the municipality of Zillebeke. Located off the main Ypres-Menin Road on Canadalaan (Canada...
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Sanctuary Wood (category Ypres Salient)
Cemetery Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 Battle of Ypres Cave, Nigel (31 December 1990). Sanctuary Wood And Hooge. Pen and Sword. pp. 15–18. ISBN 9780850523553...
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The Wipers Times (category Ypres Salient)
fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. In early 1916, the 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters stationed in the front line at Ypres, Belgium...
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175th Tunnelling Company (section Hooge 1915)
against the Ypres Salient after the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Bellewaarde, the German forces kept seeking to gain the village of Hooge between...
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Battle of Mont Sorrel (category Ypres Salient)
4th Army and three divisions of the British Second Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres in Belgium, from 2 to 13 June 1916. To divert British resources...
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Liverpool Scottish Memorial, Railway Wood (category Ypres Salient)
Bellewaerde Ridge near Zillebeke, about 4 kilometres east of Ypres, and a little north of Hooge. The area was the site of intensive fighting in the First...
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Battle of Messines (1917) (category Ypres Salient)
Menin road, between Hooge and Veldhoek, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Gheluvelt, at the west end of the main Ypres ridge, which runs from Ypres, east to Broodseinde...
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Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Heliewaarde, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Hooge 1915, Loos, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, 18, Albert 1916, 18, Bazentin, Delville...
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25 and 30 September 1915 at Hooge, Belgium. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the fighting at Hooge between 25th September and 1st...
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intersects Lancashire Road Cambridge Road, Ypres a sector of the Ypres Salient between Wieltje and Hooge This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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the Ypres Salient in May 1915 and seems to have played some part in the assault on Bellewaarde Ridge. This battle, part of the Second Battle of Ypres was...
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flamethrower attack on Hooge Chateau in World War I near Ypres, Belgium. His monument stands at the Commonwealth War Cemetery Sanctuary Wood in Ypres. This disambiguation...
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killed during the First Battle of Ypres whilst serving with No. 3 Coy. 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards. He is buried in Hooge Crater Commonwealth War Graves Commission...
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following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 30 July 1915 at Hooge, Belgium, when the enemy had broken through the centre of our front trenches...
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110th Brigade (United Kingdom) (section Ypres)
closer to Ypres, leaving only outposts in the front line. On 15 April 110th Bde fell back 3 miles (4.8 km) to new positions along the Ypres–St Eloi road...
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East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery (section Ypres)
77th Siege Bty joined on 9 July), moving north to the Ypres Salient in preparation for the Third Ypres Offensive. Fifth Army opened the offensive on 31 July...
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northern outskirts of Ypres. From 1 August these batteries carried out daily pre-dawn bombardments of the enemy trenches round Hooge. Although 43rd (H) Bty...
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