RE Grave, Railway Wood
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RE Grave, Railway Wood is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial and war grave located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is located on the Bellewaerde Ridge near Zillebeke, about 4
RE Grave Railway Wood cemetery memorial
The inscription on the base of the Cross of Sacrifice.
Mine crater at Railway Wood, located just behind the grave site
177th Tunnelling Company
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The 177th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mi
RE Grave, Railway Wood
…Memorial, Railway Wood is located nearby. The Royal Engineers grave at Railway Wood marks the site where twelve soldiers (eight Royal Engineers of the 177th Tunnelling Company and four attached infantrymen) were killed between November 1915 and August 1917 whilst tunnelling under the hill near Hooge during the defence of…
Badge of the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers
Section of Hooge Crater Cemetery with location of a deep dugout made by 177th Tunnelling Company