World War 1, Europe, HOBBS, 5 Division Memorial, 1919
1919Truck load of cement being hauled up the Mound
The memorial obelisk crowns the Butte, the mound of a pre-1914 firing range, in Polygon Wood, Belgium. During heavy fighting in September 1917 the 5th Division recaptured the wood. On the Ieper (Ypres) /Zonnebeke road, a grassy path through the wood from the road reaches the memorial.
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- World War 1, Europe, HOBBS, 5 Division Memorial, 1919
- World War 1, Europe, HOBBS, 5 Division Memorial, 1919
- World War 1, Europe, HOBBS, 5 Division Memorial, 1919
- World War 1, Europe, HOBBS, 5 Division Memorial, 1919