The Western Front Today - Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery
Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery, located in the Ypres Salient and inside Ploegsteert Wood, contains 165 burials in total (from a number of regiments): 117 U.K., 28 Canadian, 18 New Zealand, 1 Australian plus 1 unknown grave.
References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Ypres Salient, Leo Cooper 2000
Duck-Boards comprised slatted wooden planking used for flooring trenches or muddy ground.
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