Location: Comines-Warneton
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Things to do in Comines-Warneton, Wallonia: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Comines-Warneton (Dutch: Komen-Waasten, Picard: Comène-Warneuton, West Flemish: Koomn-Woastn) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Walloon province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, it had a total population of 17,562. Its total area is 61.09 km (23.59 sq mi) which gives a population density of 287 inhabitants per square kilometre (740/sq mi). The name "Comines" is believed to have a Celtic, or Gaulish, origin. Comines-Warneton is a municipality with language facilities for Dutch-speakers.
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1. Prowse Point Military Cemetery
2. Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery
3. Toronto Avenue Cemetery
4. Rifle House Cemetery
5. The Ploegsteert Memorial
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4.5 based on 60 reviews
The PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave. The Ploegsteert Memorial stands in Berks Cemetery Extension, which is located 12.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on the N365 leading from Ieper to Mesen (Messines), Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres.
6. Christmas Truce Memorial
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4.5 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By PatriciaG147 - Worcester, United Kingdom
A simple cross stands before the swathe of land where, at Chtistmas 1914, soldiers on opposing sides laid down their weapons for a brief few hours to sing carols together across the lines, play football in no man's land, and exchange gifts and greetings. It was an unworldly moment of peace and goodwill before the bloody hostilities resumed next day. As you stand looking across the landscape, it is deeply moving to picture what happened here that night. The memorial itself is small in size, but the event it commemorates was a gigantic act of hope.
7. Mud Corner Cemetery
8. Hyde Park Corner Royal Berks Cemetery
9. Underhill Farm Cemetery
10. Hyde Park Corner Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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