Located directly opposite Bard Cottage Cemetery, this bunker was tunnelled into the spoil from the canal cutting. The canal embankment now covers the bunker however, the edge of the shelter is visible.
The 208th (Norfolk) Field Company, R.E., 34th Division had their HQ here in October 1917, they were maintaining the bridges over the canal as well as the trackways to the front line.
The 34th Division were also attempting to cross the Broenbeek near Langemark, a memorial to the Division can be seen there. The memorial stands next to a German reinforced machine gun bunker and you can read more here https://www.theypressalient.com/post/part-two-traces-in-the-landscape
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