Our Family's Journey Through Time
Notes:
Ypres (/'i?pr?/ EE-pr?, French: [ip?]; Dutch: Ieper ['ip?r] (listen); West Flemish: Yper; German: Ypern ['y?p?n] (listen)) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name Ieper is the official one, the city's French name Ypres is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote. Together, they are home to about 34,900 inhabitants.
During the First World War, Ypres (or "Wipers" as it was commonly known by the British troops) was the centre of the Battles of Ypres between German and Allied forces.
Latitude: 000000, Longitude: 2.885Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Death  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kidd, Private Leonard Garland | 6 Jun 1916 | Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Belgium | I4174 |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Burial |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forsythe, Private William Inglis | Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Belgium | I10776 | |
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