- more
active operations.
British Tommies referred to
Ploegsteert Wood as "
Plugstreet Wood". From
January to May 1916,
Winston Churchill served in the area...
-
capture the
German defences on the ridge,
which ran from
Ploegsteert Wood (
Plugstreet to the British) in the south,
through Messines and
Wytschaete to Mt Sorrel...
-
Further south, is the
muddy valley of the
River Douve,
Ploegsteert Wood (
Plugstreet to the British) and Hill 63. West of
Messines Ridge is the
parallel Wulverghem...
-
plaque to
Bairnsfather on the
cottage at St Yvon in
Belgium at the edge of
Plugstreet Wood
where Bairnsfather drew his
first 'trench' cartoons. A
plaque commemorating...
- to dig two
tunnels between the
Douve river and the south-east end of
Plugstreet (Ploegsteert) Wood, the
objectives to be
reached in
three to six months...
-
Further south is the
muddy valley of the
Douve river,
Ploegsteert Wood ("
Plugstreet" to the British) and Hill 63. West of
Messines Ridge is the
parallel Wulverghem...
- III
Corps in GHQ Reserve, with 1/2nd SM
Field Company at
Ploegsteert ('
Plugstreet').
Divisional engineers in the
field were
being increased to a strength...
-
capture the
German defences on the ridge,
which ran from
Ploegsteert Wood (
Plugstreet to the British) in the
south through Messines and
Wytschaete to Mt Sorrel...
-
finish in Wevelgem. The 2017 race saw the
addition of
three so-called
Plugstreets in
Ploegsteert Wood, semi-paved
gravel roads at the
Ploegsteert Memorial...
-
Churchill was out of
office and he
commanded a
battalion in the line at '
Plugstreet' in
Flanders early in 1916. Part II of
Volume III
starts with the invitation...
