top of page
Search

British: Wimbledon Bunker

  • Admin
  • Jan 16, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: 21 hours ago

Wimbledon Bunker was built by the Royal Engineers of 8th Division and sheltering in the slope of the rising ground it is located some one hundred yards from the New Zealand Memorial on Gravenstafel Ridge.

British Dugouts and Bunkers, Ypres Salient, Ieper, Wimbledon Bunker, Gravenstafel Ridge, New Zealand, Royal Engineers, Flanders
Wimbledon Bunker. Authors image

It is marked on a map from September 1917 as are the three German bunkers in the field opposite, they are no longer there.


British Dugouts and Bunkers, Ypres Salient, Ieper, Wimbledon Bunker, Gravenstafel Ridge, New Zealand, Royal Engineers, Flanders
Trench map showing the location of the Wimbledon bunker

It was built as a headquarters bunker as part of the Gravenstafel defence line in February 1918. Of concrete construction with corrugated iron interior and with the exterior sandbags still clearly visible it would also have had a buster layer on top to provide additional protection.


British Dugouts and Bunkers, Ypres Salient, Ieper, Wimbledon Bunker, Gravenstafel Ridge, New Zealand, Royal Engineers, Flanders
Front view. Authors image

British Dugouts and Bunkers, Ypres Salient, Ieper, Wimbledon Bunker, Gravenstafel Ridge, New Zealand, Royal Engineers, Flanders
Interior view. Authors image

Comments

Commenting on this post isn't available anymore. Contact the site owner for more info.

©2021 by The Ypres Salient. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page