Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 62, Sanctuary WoodYpres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014 The Sanctuary W

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Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Hill 62, Sanctuary WoodYpres, Flanders, Belgium. February 2014 The Sanctuary Wood Museum on Hill 62 ( 62 metres above sea level ), 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is located near the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who founded the museum and owned the site of the museum since before World War I. The wood behind the museum has a preserved set of WW1 trenches and shell holes as well as piles of used shells and barbed wire from WW1.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Ypres, Ieper, Flanders ,Belgium
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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