Ypres, Belgium, battlefield tours: A living place of the dead. By Alison Stewart . February 5, 2019 — 1.29pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.

In the wake of Ypres, Canadian doctor Lt. Col. John McCrae was distraught at the loss of a good friend in the fighting. It wasn't long before the chewed-up earth of the Ypres battlefield began to ...

If you’re exploring the battlefields on your own, Ypres (type Ieper in your sat nav) is an easy 1hr 30min drive from the ferry port and Eurotunnel terminal at Calais.

But Ypres is not the only major wartime anniversary to fall in 2015. There will also be centurial commemorations for Agincourt (1415), Waterloo (1815) and Gallipoli (1915).

The anniversaries of several dramatic battles coincide next year, with Agincourt, Waterloo and Ypres all the subject of special escorted tours. Nick Trend reports ...

After the prelude at La Bassée, Armentières, Messines, and the Yser, the main battle of Ypres commenced on October 20 and lasted about three weeks. In this time the nondescript, ...

There were more than 100,000 casualties in the First Battle of Ypres, from October 19 to November 22, 1914, with a similar number of casualties in the Second Battle of Ypres from April 22 - May 15 ...

The bloody Battle of Ypres was a series of engagements that took place on April 22 to May 25, 1915, as the Germans tried top breach Allied trench lines near the town of Ypres in northern Belgium.

The first battle of Ypres took place on the Western Front in Flanders from October to November 1914. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) suffered more than 58,000 killed, wounded and missing.