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LA PLAINE AU BOIS MEMORIAL SITE (WORMHOUDT MASSACRE)

Wormhout

Nord France

GPS Coordinates: 50°52'47.8"N 2°26'37.6"E

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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)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

Sacred Tree (L'Arbre Sacré)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

The Massacre Barn (Grange de Massacre)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

Mercier Farm (La Ferme Mercier)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

Pond at La Plaine-au-Bois (Mare de la Plaine-au-Bois)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

The Belvedere (Le Belvédère)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

Fort Rose Farm (La Ferme du Fort Rosé)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

The Oak Trees (Les Chênes)

The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)

In Memory of Piers Richard Edgcumbe and Leonard Frank Webber)
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The Plaine au Bois Memorial site (Wormhoudt Massacre)
Esquelbecq Military Cemetery
WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
LEDRINGHEM CHURCHYARD

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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