The Royal Engineers grave at Railway Wood marks the site where twelve soldiers (eight Royal Engineers of the 177th Tunnelling Company and four attached infantrymen) were killed between November 1915 and August 1917 whilst tunnelling under the hill near Hooge during the defence of Ypres.
The Royal Engineers' burial site at Railway Wood signifies the location where twelve soldiers (eight Royal Engineers of the 177th Tunnelling Company and four attached infantrymen) lost their lives between November 1915 and August 1917 while excavating beneath a hill near Hooge during the defense of Ypres.