WW1 - Ypres - Hell Fire Corner, British Demarcation Stone
WW1 - Ypres - Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road, British Demarcation Stone - the inscription reads (in English): "Here the invader was brought to a standstill". Battle at Ypres during WW1 cost upward of a million lives (all sides combined). The carvings (text) on this stone (which still stands in this location) were removed by German troops during WW2
Picture No
12445500
Media ID
45724959
Size
3228px x 5204px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1920s
