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Ypres Salient

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Belgium

In military terms, a salient is is a battlefield that is surrounded on several sides by enemy territory. There were five battles of Ypres. The first was in December 1914. The second ran from April to May 1915. The third (which was also known as the Battle of Passchendaele) was from July to November 1917. The fourth was in April 1918, and the fifth (also known as the Advance of Flanders) was from September to October 1918.
Ypres was known to the British troops as 'Wipers'.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Ypres Salient

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Ypres WW1 milestone

The Ypres panel on the milestone is very close to a hedge making it difficult...

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Thos. Warren

Thos. Warren

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hy. T. Weyda

Hy. T. Weyda

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. R. Woodford

A. R. Woodford

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
E. Pownall

E. Pownall

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Gilmore Cecil Daniel

Gilmore Cecil Daniel

Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore Cecil Daniel was born on 30 November 1917 on the Osage Indian Reservation, Skiatook, Osage and Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA, the elder son of Pearl C. Daniel (1898-1969) a...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial