14/18 Remembrance Comines-Warneton Remembrance Trail
Description
Explore the main memorial sites related to the First World War in Comines-Warneton. The significant number of soldiers buried in Comines-Warneton (nearly 6,950) can be explained by the duration of the conflict and the stationing of British Empire troops on the front, as well as by the growing violence of the fighting over the course of the war.
Technical informations
39 km
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max. 30 m
min. 11 m
228 m
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Styles : HikingDiscoveryIn the countryIn town Public : FamilyOccasional hikersExperienced hikersTeenagersCyclists Theme : Tourism of memory | |||||||
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Points of interest
Site du Moulin Soete
Aux abords de la RN58, le moulin Soete tend ses ailes. Son existence est très ancienne et son histoire fort mouvenmentée ! Ses trois étages le classent parmi les sept plus grands moulins à vent d'Europe, avec une hauteur de 16m50 et une envergure de 25m60. Ouvert du 1er mai au 30 septembre, le dimanche ou sur rendez-vous.
Comines-Warneton tourist information office
Open every Sunday and public holiday from May to September. The nearby Soete Windmill is a post mill at the entrance to Comines-Warneton, serving as a symbol for the town.
Pioneer Blockhaus Museum
This small museum, in one of the few genuine First World War bunkers still accessible, tells the story of the lives of the German soldiers in the land occupied during the 1914/18 war.
Musée de la Rubanerie cominoise
Musée de la Rubanerie cominoise Véritable sanctuaire de plus de huit siècles d’histoire textile, le musée vous plonge dans l’univers des rubaniers, rentreurs, épeuleux et autres marmousets. Loin d’être figés dans leur passé, les métiers s’animent lors des visites. Une mise en situation étonnante de toutes les phases de la fabrication du ruban. www.larubanerie.be
Bas-Warneton Church
Last remaining trace of the original village of Warneton. All the rest was destroyed in the 1st World War
“Le Touquet Railway Crossing” Cemetery
The cemetery contains 74 British war graves. The name comes from Le Touquet Railway Station which stood near the cemetery in 1914.
Plugstreet 14-18 Experience
This First World War interpretation centre focuses on events in the southern section of the Ypres Salient. An interactive display provides a moving approach to the lives of soldiers and civilians living alongside one another.
British War Memorial
This circular temple and the Commonwealth military cemeteries around it pay homage to the British soldiers killed in the region. The impressive memorial is supported on colonnades and guarded by two stone lions. The walls are inscribed with the names of 11,447 British soldiers who have no known grave. The Last Post is sounded there on the first Friday of every month.
Site of the “Christmas Truce"
The place where British and German troops played football on Christmas evening in 1914 is marked by a cross and footballs placed as an offering.
Mine Craters
Although nature is gradually regaining possession, it is still possible to see the craters caused by mines exploded underground in June 1917.
Brewing Museum
Warneton postmaster Hector Van Windekens started the La Poste brewery in 1857. His son Henri took over the business in 1903, followed by grandson Joseph in 1943. Brewing ceased in 1976 and the building has been a museum since 2004.
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