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Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, BelgiumAt Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part
Christmas 1914 Football Match Statues, Messines - MesenThis life sized statue of a German and a British soldier shaking hands over a football, was sculpted by Andy Edwards and was unveiled on 22 December 2015
A night raid into no-mans-land near Messines - WW1A night raid into no-mans-land near Messines during the First World War
British engineers mining at Messines Ridge (blown)British engineers mining at Messines Ridge (blown up on 7th June, 1917) during the First World War
Douve Valley, Messines, 8th June 1917
WW1 - View across the Douve Valley shelling Messines - 8th June 1917
View from trench, Lancashire Fusiliers near Ploegsteert Wood, Messines, January 1917
WW1 - Lancashier Fusiliers front line trench overlooking no-mans land opposite Messines near Ploegsteert Wood - January 1917
Broken Trees, WytschaeteA landscape etching which highlights a large number of broken trees, damaged from war during the capture of Wytschaete in the battle of Messines, on the Western Front, in WW1. Date: circa 1918
German bunker, Oosttaverne Wood, OostaverneThis bunker is one that formed part of the German defensive line that was attacked on 7 June 1917, the opening of the Messines prelude to the battle for Passchendaele
Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling CompanyCaptain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars
Christmas Truce Memorial, Peace Village, MessinesThe memorial carries the words A Lull in the Hate and refers to the football match played between the Germans and the British at Christmas 1914
Statue to New Zealand Forces who fought at Messines (Mesen) Date: 2016
A composite matchbox-ashtray made from a bullet cartridge and mounted on an 18 pounder shell case. Engraved Messines, June 7th 1917 - France and Belgium with an image in copper of a British tank
Frank O Salisbury working on painting of King at the FrontArtist Frank O. Salisbury pictured at work on a huge canvas for his famous painting of the royal visit to the Front. The painting depicted King George V
German prisoners captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Messines Ridge (June 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1917
General Sir Hubert Gough at Messines, WW1General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough (1870-1963), senior British Army officer, at Messines (Mesen), Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War
Ww1 Messines Church 1914A ruined church at Messines, France, during the First World War. Date: December 1914
First Viscount PlumerFIELD MARSHALL HERBERT CHARLES ONSLOW, 1ST VISCOUNT PLUMER OF MESSINES English military commander. Date: 1857 - 1932
German 77mm shell case vase with looped handlesA 1915 German 77 mm. shell case vase with looped handles, engraved with the badge of the Army Service Corps. and the place names of Wytschaete and Messines, Belgium, dated 1917. Trench Art
Captain Davies encounters two German sentries, MessinesCaptain Davies (1st/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment - TF) encounters two German sentries while on an evening reconnaissance - Messines, June 1915. Deeds That Thrill The Empire - Page 242. W. Avis
German prisoner captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1A German prisoner of war captured during the Battle of Messines Ridge (June 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1917
Battle of Messines Ridge 1917Soldiers on the rim of a huge mine crater blown up on the morning of the battle of Messines Ridge on the British Front in France during World War I in June 1917
Lancashire fusiliers in a bay of a front trench showing a Lewis gun and wire. Opposite Messines near Ploegstreert Wood, Belgium during World War I in January 1917
Battle of Messines RidgeView of Oosttaverne Wood showing trenches taken by the British at the Battle of Messines Ridge, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in June 1917
Battle of MessinesA typical German pill-box shelter on the hill at the Battle of Messines, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in 1917
Battle of Messines RidgeSoldier at the Battle of Messines Ridge, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in 1917
Observation PostA steel tree used as an observation post by the Australian forces at the Battle of Messines, Western Front, Belgium during World War I in 1917
Night Raid at MessinesBritish infantry going over the top in a night raid at Messines
Mining Messines RidgeRoyal Engineers mine the Messines Ridge under German lines, and place explosives, which when detonated on 7 June 1917, assist the British in taking Ypres