Memorial Site, Hill 60

 battlefield, First World War 1914-1918, listed building / architectural heritage

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One of the most fought places in Ypres, not just the place for the first poison gas against the British troops would be used (May 1915), the hill is especially notorious because of underground warfare. The first large-scale 'mine battle' on Hill 60 was the explosion of the five mines on April 17, 1915, followed by several days of heavy fighting. During the explosions about 150 Germans and two British Royal Engineers were killed.

Memorial site on and around a hill, consisting of authentic war landscape with small and large mine craters, trenches and bomb craters can be seen here and there in the countryside while (remains of) bunkers and shelters are visible.
On and around the hill are several memorials created:
the memorial of the 'Queen Victoria Rifles' top of the hill.
the memorial stone for the subsequent troop movements before the hill.
the monument for the '1 st Australian Tunnelling Company' right at the entrance of the parking lot next to the memorial for the '14th Light Division.
Just next to the site is finally a small memorial for two French victims of World War II.

Protected architectural heritage (ID: 201174)