Hill 60 Memorial

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The Hill 60 Memorial is a World War I commemorative site in the Ypres Salient in Belgium, honoring the soldiers who fought and died in the fierce battles for the strategically important Hill 60.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I memorial
military cemetery and memorial site
war memorial
accessibleTo the public
battleCommemorated Battle of Hill 60 (Ypres)
Second Battle of Ypres
category World War I site in Belgium
tourist attraction in West Flanders
commemorativeTheme sacrifice of infantry and engineers
strategic importance of high ground in WWI
conflictCommemorated World War I
controlledByDuringWWI British Army
German Army
country Belgium
dedicatedTo Commonwealth soldiers
soldiers of the British Empire
soldiers who died at Hill 60
soldiers who fought at Hill 60
elevationType artificial hill
hasPart commemorative monuments
cratered battlefield landscape
information panels
memorial plaques
paths for visitors
trenches and earthworks remains
hasViewOf surrounding Ypres Salient battlefield
heritageDesignation protected battlefield site (local/regional)
languageOfInformationPanels Dutch
English
French
locatedIn Belgium
West Flanders
Ypres
Ypres Salient
locatedNear Ypres–Comines Canal
Zillebeke
linked to: Zonnebeke
maintainedAs historic site
nearbyMemorials Caterpillar Crater
The Bluff (Ypres Salient)
originOfHill railway cutting spoil heap
periodOfFighting 1914–1918
purpose commemoration of the fallen
education about World War I
siteOf artillery bombardments
gas attacks
intense trench warfare
underground mining operations
strategicFeatureOf Ypres Salient

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Flanders Fields memorials hasPart Hill 60 Memorial