On our second day in Ypres, we took a guided tour of WWI battlefields and memorials. At Hill 62, we saw the British frontline trenches at Sanctuary Wood. There was a one-room museum there as well, but we didn’t stay long as this was our group’s last stop.
Hill 62 at Sanctuary Wood
Signs in three languages
British frontline trenches with water
Typical non-straight trench design
Communication trench
I startled when this actor moved
British school children visiting the trenches
Communication trenches connect to ordinary trenches
Underground tunnels
Notice the wet ground
Memorial markers placed throughout
Battlefields are now farm fields
Memorials among craters
Tree stump with bullet holes
Bullet hole
Gravestones relocated here after the dead were reburied
Ammunition
Artillery shells
Small figurine inside the Sanctuary Wood museum
Stereoscope viewer
Photo of trenches seen through stereoscope
Our guide discusses two photos at Sanctuary Wood museum
