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The Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 in Zonnebeke is a Belgian museum devoted to the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele. In this battle, in only 100 days, almost 500,000 men were killed to gain only eight kilometres of ground.

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Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in the world, for any war.

11,956 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,369 of the burials are unidentified.

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The 'Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaarde' with its white-coloured house fronts and tranquil convent garden was founded in 1245. This little piece of world heritage was once the home of the beguines, emancipated lay-women who nevertheless led a pious and celibate life. Today the beguinage is inhabited by nuns of the Order of St. Benedict and several Bruges women who have decided to remain unmarried.

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The memorial commemorates the military men and civilians from Ypres (Ieper) who died during the First World War.

The memorial is located in the centre of Ieper opposite the western end of the Cloth Hall.

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