Hill 60 is a World War I battlefield memorial site and park in the Zwarteleen area of Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium. It is located about 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) from the centre of Ypres and directly on the railway line to Comines. Before the First World War the hill was known locally as Côte des Amants. The site comprises two areas of raised land separated by the railway line; the northern area was known by soldiers as Hill 60 while the southern part was known as The Caterpillar.
Caterpillar1 crater, Hill 60
Zillebeke, Belgium: tracks of Ypres-Comines railway, with Hill 60 on the left
Entrance to the memorial site and park
Fortifications on the railway embankment at Hill 60
Sint-Elooi is a small village, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Ypres in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres. Though Sint-Elooi is the Dutch and only official name, the village's French name, St. Eloi, is most commonly used in English due to its role in World War I. The village and the nearby locations of Voormezele and Hollebeke were merged into Zillebeke in 1970 and into Ypres in 1976.
Royal Garrison Artillery gunners outside a shelter at St Eloi, 11 August 1917
British officers in a captured German armoured observation post on a ruined house in St Eloi, 11 August 1917
St. Eloi, 11 August 1917. A shell is bursting in the background
Sappers at Work: A Canadian Tunnelling Company, Hill 60, St Eloi by David Bomberg