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Memorial Francis Ledwidge
On this spot was killed the Irish poet and soldier Francis LEDWIDGE (Slane 19 August 1887 / Boezinge 31 July 1917).
"He shall not hear
the bitter cry
In the wild sky
where he is lain".
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Source
- Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
- Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge
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Monument
- Breton War Memorial Carrefour des Roses - Boezinge (Ieper)
- Demarcation Pole 6 Boezinge - Boezinge (Ieper)
- Memorial Plaque Victory Gas Attack 1915 - Ieper
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Artillery Wood - Boezinge (Ieper)
- Dragoon Camp Commonwealth War Cemetery - Boezinge (Ieper)
- Belgian War Grave Boezinge - Boezinge (Ieper)
Remembrance Stone
- Memorial Stone 38th (Welsh) Division - Langemark (Langemark-Poelkapelle)
- Memorial Stone Monmouthshire Regiment - Langemark (Langemark-Poelkapelle)
- Memorial Stone Welsh Regiment - Langemark (Langemark-Poelkapelle)
Fortification
- Allied Machine Gun Post Withof - Ieper
- Yorkshire Trench and Dug-Out Boezinge - Boezinge (Ieper)
- British Bunker Diksmuidseweg - Boezinge (Ieper)
Crash site
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