- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- of
Plugstreet Wood,
destroying all the
telephone lines except that of 1/IV SM (H) Bde HQ. 1/4th
Warwickshire Bty
rejoined the
brigade in
Plugstreet Wood...
-
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...
-
After final training the
battalion went into the line near
Ploegsteert ('
Plugstreet'). On 12 May 1915 the
division was
designated 48th (South Midland) Division...
