between Hooge and Veldhoek, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Gheluvelt, at the west end of the main Ypres ridge, which runs from Ypres, east to Broodseinde and then
Administration. The 47th Battalion received the following battle honours: First World War: Somme 1916–18, Pozières, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Menin
against a mixed force of French and British infantry and cavalry, in the First BattleofYpres. Observation from the hill towards Ypres and Zillebeke was