Fields of Battle - Messines
Croonaert Chapel British Cemetery, Wijtschate Looking SW from near Bayernwald Trench in Croonaert Wood towards Mt Kemmel / Kemmelberg. Contains 69 burials including one Chinese worker who died in 1919 - presumably an accident with ordnance or influenza. Somewhere in the vicinity, Adolf Hitler earned an Iron Cross 2nd Class when he rescued a seriously wounded officer
Picture No
13923350
Media ID
47827377
Size
1900px x 1267px
(991KB)
Credit
westernfrontphotography.com / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mike St Maur Sheil
Date
2006
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Battlefields Burials Contains Earned Influenza Kemmel Kemmelberg Ordnance Presumably Rescued Seriously Somewhere Vicinity Wijtschate
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