Memorials Bombardment Sluis
On 1 October 1917, the British bombed by mistake the Dutch town of Sluis. The building (the white one on the first picture) was heavily damaged, but there were no casualties. The plaques commemorate the bombing and rebuilding.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
- LEEUWEN, M. VAN & STAARMAN, A., Tastbare Herinneringen 1914-1918, Western Front Association Nederland, 2008.
Nearby
Point of interest
- Information Sign The Death Thread Is Alive - Cadzand Bad
- Former Airfield Knokke-Le Zoute (Advanced Landing Ground B-83) - Knokke-Heist
- Information Sign Mine Field 114 Odette 712 - Knokke-Heist
Monument
- War Memorial Sluis - Sluis
- Marker No. 14 Canadian Liberation Route - Knokke-Heist
- Marker No. 12 Canadian Liberation Route - Terhofstede
Cemetery
- Belgian Graves Veterans Graves - Lapscheure (Damme)
- Belgian War Grave Hoeke - Hoeke (Damme)
- Belgian Graves Veterans Moerkerke Waterhoek - Moerkerke (Damme)
Fortification
- German Man Bunker Stützpunkt Dora - Damme
- Stützpunkt Heinrich - Remains Wooden Watchtower - Knokke-Heist
- Stützpunkt Heinrich - FA Unterstand - Knokke-Heist
Crash site
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