Ploegsteert

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Location Ploegsteerts in the Comines-Warneton municipality

Ploegsteert is a village in West Belgium with around 1900 inhabitants and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton in the province of Hainaut . It is close to the French border, about 5 kilometers north of Armentières city ​​center . Neighboring towns are Le Bizet in the south, Le Gheer in the east, Mesen in the north and Nieuwkerke and Wulvergem in the north-west.

Ploegsteert was first mentioned in 1596 as Plocsteert . During the First World War , the area was fiercely contested in the battles of Flanders , which numerous memorials and military cemeteries provide information on. North of the village in the Bois de Ploegsteert is the Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery , which was later expanded across the street. On the latter is the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing , which has the names of more than 11,000 missing British and Commonwealth soldiers engraved on it.

  • Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church

  • Former parish hall

  • Berks CWGC Cemetery Extension with Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

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Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 2 ° 53'  E