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Ligging: Kruising
Langemarkstraat, Houthulstseweg, Brugseweg en
Wallemolenstraat.
GPS-coördinaten: +50°55'03.56", +2°57'23.69"
Opschriften
"TANK MEMORIAL YPRES SALIENT
IN HONOUR OF THE WW I TANK CORPS AND FORMER HEAVY BRANCH
MACHINE GUN CORPS
TANK SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WITHIN THE INFAMOUS YPRES
SALIENT DURING WW I
AND ARE COMMEMORATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
COMMISSION IN BELGIUM
THESE GALLANT MEN FOUGHT AN EQUALLY BRAVE RESILIENT AND
DETERMINED ENEMY
AS WELL AS THE QUAGMIRE OF THE BATTLEFIELD ITSELF
BY THE CONCLUSION OF 1917 THE YPRES SALIENT HAD ACQUIRED A
NEW NAME
THE CEMETERY OF THE TANKS
ALSO COMMEMORATED IS A SINGLE WW II ROYAL TANK REGIMENT
SOLDIER BURIED NEARBY
FROM MUD THROUGH BLOOD TO THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND"
Bijkomende informatie : Zie scans hieronder
Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers op het monument
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