Ypres the Yorkshire Trench
In 1992 a group of amateur archeologists named “The Diggers” first discovered the remains of an original British trench. Between 1998 and 2000 they spent many hours digging and examining the trench, which also had tunneled dugouts. In addition to many artifacts “The Diggers” discovered the remains of 155 First World War soldiers. The casualties they discovered were British, French and German, lost in battle and never recovered for seventy years. The project to unearth the trench section featured in a BBC television documentary called “The Forgotten Battlefield”. A section of the trench, with entrances to two tunnels and dugouts, has been reconstructed and, therefore, preserved in its original location with concrete sandbags and duck boards. Information boards including photographs and diagrams explain the history of the trench and the area it is in.
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Location: Ypres Belgium
Photo credit: © CHRIS LEWINGTON / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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