The Brooding Soldier memorial - a photo on Flickriver

            The Brooding Soldier is a moving Memorial that honours the memory of the Canadians soldiers who died from the first gas attack on April 22-25, 1915 in Flanders.

The impressive memorial is located along the road N313 and at a crossroads known as Vancouver Corner in Saint-Juliaan near Langemark-Poelkapelle in the north of Ypres in Belgium.

This corner of the Ypres Salient was the meeting point of the British and French sectors during WWI.

It was nicknamed Vancouver Corner because of the Canadian troops who fought and died from the first gas attack on this battlefield on April22-25, 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres.

You cannot miss the Brooding Soldier as he is visible from kilometers around.

Taken on: April 3, 2012

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Sets appears in: • Western Front 2012-19

Groups appears in: • Memorials • World War I in Flanders more » • The Western Front Association « less

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