Memorial to Lieutenant Charles Dresse, Poelkappelle
Dresse was killed on this spot on 28 September 1918. The memorial is surmounted by a Breton cross flanked by statues of Mary and Joseph. A volunteer, Dresse took command of a dwindling force when all other officers had been killed but was killed himself in a counter attack on a machine gun position, an act for which he was mentioned in Despatches
Picture No
13130328
Media ID
45782888
Size
5079px x 3791px
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Credit
(c) Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Tonie and Valmai Holt - Holts Battlefield Collection
Date
2011
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Breton Despatches Dwindling Flanked Ieper Mentioned Surmounted Volunteer Ypres
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