Sanctuary Wood

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Sanctuary Wood is a wooded area near Ypres in Belgium that became a significant First World War battlefield site and is now preserved as a memorial and museum.

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Label Occurrences
Sanctuary Wood canonical 4

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First World War battlefield site ⓘ
museum site ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
associatedWith British forces ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
category Battlefields of the Western Front ⓘ
World War I memorials in Belgium ⓘ
World War I museums in Belgium ⓘ
commemorates Commonwealth soldiers killed in the First World War ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country Belgium ⓘ
hasPart Sanctuary Wood Museum ⓘ
memorials ⓘ
preserved trenches ⓘ
shell craters ⓘ
war cemetery ⓘ
war relics display ⓘ
heritageDesignation war memorial site ⓘ
historicalUse defensive position ⓘ
front-line position ⓘ
locatedIn Flanders ⓘ
West Flanders ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
near Hill 62 ⓘ
Ypres city centre ⓘ
Zillebeke ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Mount Sorrel ⓘ
partOf Ypres Salient ⓘ
significantPeriod 1914–1918 ⓘ
terrainFeature wooded area ⓘ
tourismType battlefield tourism ⓘ
usedFor commemoration of First World War soldiers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Mount Sorrel → involves → Sanctuary Wood ⓘ
Hill 61 → near → Sanctuary Wood ⓘ
Hill 62 → hasAlternativeName → Sanctuary Wood ⓘ