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Crest Farm Canadian Memorial

This monument commemorates the commitment of the Canadian Corps which during the Third Ypres suffered heavy losses here, but eventually managed to take Passendale church though. Crest Farm is situated on high ground, offering an excellent view over the battlefield. Passendale church is barely 700 metres off. However, it took the Canadian troops almost 10 days to get that far. The road between the monument and the church is called Canadalaan. It was laid in the fifties.

Location: Canadalaan, Passendale
Free admission

85th Canadian Battalion Memorial

This monument was the first to be erected in the region. It is in memory of the 85th Canadian Nova Scotia battalion which suffered heavy losses here during the Third Ypres end of October 1917. The monument has been renovated recently.

Location: Passendalestraat, Passendale
Free admission

's Graventafel New Zealand Memorial

This white pillar commemorates the contribution made by the New Zealand division on 4 and 12 October 1917. The place where the monument stands was taken by the New Zealanders on 4 October. This was a black day for the Germans who on the very same day had planned to attack themselves, when the New Zealanders invaded their trenches. The pillar shows an inscription in Dutch, French and English. Nearby, a tiny British bunker at the side of the road can be visited.

Location: 's Graventafel, Zonnebeke
Free admission

French Monument

The French monument was erected in October 1977 to honour the 16,000 French soldiers who died in the Ypres Salient between 23 October and 13 November 1914 (First Ypres). The monument was built at the corner of a disappeared German cemetery.

Location: at the Broodseinde roundabout (road crossing Zonnebeke-Passendale-Beselare-Moorslede)
Free admission

British 7th Division Memorial

This monument is in remembrance of the British 7th division which was fighting here during the First Ypres. It is shaped as an obelisk with the figure 7 on all sides of it. It was unveiled in 1924 and commemorates the deployment of this division here in 1914, 1915, and 1917.

Location: Beselarestraat, Zonnebeke
Free admission

Zonnebeke Church & Canadian Artillery Memorial, Zonnebeke Church dug-out

The Zonnebeke abbey church from the 11th century got completely destroyed during the 3rd Ypres. A beautiful scale model of this church can be seen in the Memorial Museum. After the war the church was rebuilt according to a design of the well known architect Huib Hoste.. It was the first modernist church in Belgium.

During excavations near the side of the church between 1989 and 1992 not only remnants of the old abbey church were found, but also an Australian dug-out from 1917-1918 was uncovered. The results of the excavations are illustrated in an archaeological garden. The several layers are represented by either paving stones, gravel or sand paths.

Finally, a memorial plaque to the fallen of the D21 Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery is fixed to the outside wall of the church. This battery was positioned here end of October, early November amidst the ruins of the church.

Location: Zonnebeke church
Free admission

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Memorial

This monument commemorates the casualties of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, a Canadian unit which early May 1915 got under heavy fire here while on retreat during the Second Ypres. Only four officers and 150 soldiers escaped the battle unhurt. The monument was unveiled in 1985. An additional memorial plaque was unveiled on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the regiment by Mrs Hamilton Gault, widow of the founder of the regiment. In the centre of the monument some space was left for a maple tree. It wouldn't grow however, and the tree was removed to the back of the monument.

Location: Princess Patriciastraat, Zonnebeke
Free admission

Memorial Captain Brodie

This private memorial stone was erected in remembrance of captain Ewen James Brodie. He died during the First Ypres on 11 November 1914 not far away from the place where his monument is now at Nuns' Wood. He got buried here somewhere, but in later battles his grave disappeared. His name is inscribed on the walls of the Menin Gate.

Location: Oude Kortrijkstaat, Zonnebeke
Free admission

Clapham Junction

The Menen-Ieper road was an important supply route to and from the front line. In this place several roads and light railways met. The British called it 'Clapham Junction' after the well known railway junction south of London. They took it under fire day and night. Photographs on the information board show what the road looked like in 1916 and 1917.

The Gloucestershire Memorial was erected in remembrance of the first battalion which was involved here in heavy fighting during the First Ypres, and of the second battalion which was involved in the Second Ypres.

Across the road is the monument for the British 18th Division. It was designed by captain Ebbut, who was serving in this division during the war. The 18th Division suffered heavy losses here during the Third Ypres. It was solemnly unveiled in August 1925.

Location: Meenseweg
Free admission

Cryer Farm

Cryer Farm is a German underground dressing station built in 1916. It was situated straight behind the second German line (Albrechtstellung). In here injured soldiers got first aid assistance. The British lieutenant Bernard Cryer of the London Regiment captured the bunker in September 1917, but got killed the day after. In the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 a scale model can be seen together with some objects found when the bunker was being restored. This unique underground bunker can only be visited when you are accompanied by a guide. To do so, contact the tourist office at Zonnebeke.

Location: Meenseweg
Only to be visited with guide. Admission 1€

Memorial Plaque Lieutenant Littleboy

In Geluveld church there is a bronze memorial plaque in remembrance of the British lieutenant Wilfrid Evelyn Littleboy. He died during the Third Ypres on 9 October 1917. He served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment which on that day lost 417 soldiers while gaining only little ground. The bronze plaque was donated by the family.

Location Geluveld church
Free admission

Gheluvelt Windmill

2nd Worcestershire Memorial & 4th South Wales Borderers Memorial

The mill was built here in 1923, replacing the one which got destroyed in the war. At the bottom of the mill are two monuments.

The monument for the Worcesters was first fixed to the front side of a house for disabled soldiers. It was erected at the request of a Worcester citizen, and unveiled in 1925. It commemorates the 2nd Worcester battalion which at the end of October 1914 mounted a brave counter attack here at Geluveld during the first Ypres, foiling a German break through. During this counter attack the 2nd Worcester battalion met with the South Wales Borderers 4th battalion near the Geluveld château. Also their involvement got immortalized in a monument. This monument was unveiled in May 1929.

Location: Menenstraat/Kasteelstraat, Geluveld
Free admission

Memorial Window Lieutenant Turnor & Zandvoorde Churchyard

In the Zandvoorde church a unique stained glass window can be seen in honour of the British lieutenant Christopher Randolph Turnor, killed in 1914. It was donated by his family. Turnor died on 26 October 1914 during the First Ypres. Together with three others of the 10th Hussars, a prestigious cavalry unit, he was buried near the church. The graves are still there.

Location: Zandvoorde church
Free admission

Household Cavalry Memorial

Here on 26 October 1914, Lieutenant Lord Worsley with his machine gun section tried to stop the Germans. The British lines however were taken by surprise. Worsley with most of his men got killed. After the war Lord Worsley's family, through German connections, managed to collect more information about his final resting place. His remains were found and reburied on Ypres Town Cemetery Extension. As a tribute to the Household Cavalry, the family paid for a big monument on the spot were Lord Worsley was found. The monument was unveiled in 1924.

Location: Houthemstraat, Zandvoorde
Free admission

German Command Bunker 1916

This concrete bunker was built in 1916. It was used as a command bunker to coordinate activities at the front. It consists of six chambers with electricity supply. In the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 a scale model can be seen together with objects found during its restoration.

Location: Komenstraat, Zandvoorde
Free admission