Bunkers and Pill-Boxes

A myriad of concrete fortifications still remain from the 1914-18 War. There are countless different types and reasons for their construction. Here are just a few...


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Bois de Caures near Verdun. This was the command post of Col.Driant. Overrun by the germans on 21st February 1916.

A German observation post built from and inside the ruins of Montfaucon Monastry, Argonne.

The Germano-British bunker on Hill 60, Ypres

German bunker in the N.Z.Memorial park, Messines.

Cheddar Villa German bunker near St.Julien. Captured August 1917.

One of the Oostaverne Line German bunkers behind Oostarverne Wood CWGC cemetery.

Pair of British shelters in the area of Vierstraat, Ypres.

British medical bunkers at Essex Farm near Ypres. It was near here that John McCrae wrote the famous poem "In Flanders Fields..."

A cluster of British concrete shelters on the site of Langhof Chateau, Ypres Salient

German "mebu" in Croonaert Wood near Wijtschaete

British shelter on the Lettenberg near Kemmel