Ypres

[ee-pr^uh, wahy-perz]

noun

1. a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.

Ypres

/ iprə /

noun

1. Flemish name: Ieper. a town in W Belgium, in W Flanders province near the border with France: scene of many sieges and battles, esp in World War I, when it was completely destroyed. Pop: 35 021 (2004 est)

Example Sentences

The men both died in 1915 during the battle for Hill 60 near Ypres in Belgium, and were buried as unknown officers of the Bedfordshire Regiment after being identified by their uniforms.

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In 1915, Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous war poem, In Flanders Fields, following the devastation he witnessed on battlefields in Ypres, Belgium.

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On Christmas morning near the ruins of Ypres, German troops in their trenches opposite the British began to sing carols and display bits of holiday evergreen.

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He got posted to Flanders, where he witnessed the murderous, meaningless second Battle of Ypres.

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Royal Army Medical Corps, was buried at the Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, which is at the heart of Flanders Fields.

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