PLUGSTREET

The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing at the Royal Berkshire Cemetery Extension: The name of this small village, and of the nearby wood, is actually Ploegsteert, but to those who served here during the Great War it became known as “Plugstreet”. The village is at the very south of the area associated with Ypres; in fact it is not regarded as part of the ‘Ypres Salient’ by many. It is only about two miles north of Armentieres, close to the French border and eight miles south of Ypres.