Monument Hill 60

Gedenksteen ter herdenking van de opeenvolgende troepenbeweging op Hill 60 tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

De tekst op het monument: "Hill 60 the scene of bitter fighting was held by German troops from the / 10th December 1914 tot the 17th April 1915 when it was captured after the / explosion of five mines by the British 5th Division. On the following / 5th May it was recaptured by the German XV corps it remained in German / hands until the Battle of Messines 7th June 1917 when after months / of underground fighting two lines were exploded here and at the end / of April 1918 after the battle of the Lys it passed into German hands again / it was finally retaken by the British troops under the command of H.M. / King of the Belgians on 28th September 1918.
In the broken tunnels beneath this enclosure many British and German / dead were buried and the hill is therefore preserved so far as nature / will permit in the state in which it was left after the Great War."

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Gebruikte bron(nen)

• Tekst: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Foto's: Luc van Waeyenberge