A muddy trench at the Sanctuary Wood Museum (near Hill 62), just outside Ieper (Ypres), Belgium.
A muddy trench at the Sanctuary Wood Museum (near Hill 62), just outside Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. "The Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, 3 km (2 miles) east of Ypres, Belgium is located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery. The museum is privately owned by Jacques Schier, the grandson of the farmer who owns the site of the museum, and it has a unique collection of World War I items, including a rare collection of 3-dimensional photographs, weapons, uniforms, and bombs. A preserved section of the British trench lines are located behind the museum. The preserved trenches feature a vast maze of trenches, including a tunnel which runs right underneath the trenches to a different part of confined area of preserved trenches. The bridges still run over the trenches." (Source: ) This museum was started in 1919 by the grandfather of the present owner, who preserved part of the trench system that remained in what the British Army called Sanctuary Wood. The wood got its name in the First Battle of Ypres in 1914, when men separated from their regiments came to this wooded area - a safe area away from the main fighting, a place of 'sanctuary' - to await to rejoin their unit. By 1915, the wood, on the lower slopes of Hill 62, was part of the front line area and remained so until 1917. In June 1916, the Germans attacked and broke through the 3rd Canadian Division who held this sector, and fighting took place within the area of the wood. The wood was captured by the Germans in April 1918, and retaken finally in the Fourth Battle of Ypres." (Source: )
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Location: Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, Ieper, Belgium.
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
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