LA PLAINE AU BOIS MEMORIAL SITE (WORMHOUDT MASSACRE)
Wormhout
Nord France
GPS Coordinates: 50°52'47.8"N 2°26'37.6"E
Location Information
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre) is locate between the villages of Esquelbecq and Wormhout. Leave the village of Esquelbecq and follow the signs for Wormhout on the D. 17. Just as you leave Esquelbecq turn right onto the Rue des Dunkirks Vétérans, and follow the signs.
Historical Information
The Wormhoudt massacre (or Wormhout massacre) was the mass murder of British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France in May 1940.
30 victims are commemorated at Esquelbecq Military Cemetery
All pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
Memorial site of La Plaine au Bois and The Massacre Barn
(Site Mémorial de la Plaine au Bois et Grange du Massacre)
Sacred Tree (L'Arbre Sacré)
The Massacre Barn (Grange de Massacre)
Mercier Farm (La Ferme Mercier)
Pond at La Plaine-au-Bois (Mare de la Plaine-au-Bois)
The Belvedere (Le Belvédère)
Fort Rose Farm (La Ferme du Fort Rosé)
The Oak Trees (Les Chênes)
In Memory of Piers Richard Edgcumbe and Leonard Frank Webber)
