Loker (also spelt ''Locre''
) is a small
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the
Belgian province of
West Flanders
)
, settlement_type = Province of Belgium
, image_flag = Flag of West Flanders.svg
, flag_size =
, image_shield = Wapen van West-Vlaanderen.svg
, shield_size =
, image_map ...
, and a part ("
deelgemeente
A deelgemeente (, literally ''part-municipality'') or section ( French) is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
Belgium
Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 J ...
") of the municipality of
Heuvelland
Heuvelland () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Dranouter, Kemmel, De Klijte, Loker, Nieuwkerke, Westouter, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Heuvelland is a thinly populated rur ...
.
For the major part of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, the city was controlled by the
Allied Powers. A
field hospital
A field hospital is a temporary hospital or mobile medical unit that takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent facilities. This term was initially used in military medicine (such as the Mobile A ...
was located there and multiple
war graves
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can also be found.
Gallery
Image:Loker, Heuvelland, Flanders.jpg, Saint Peter Church
File:Major Willie Redmond grave, Loker, Belgium.jpg, Grave of Major Willie Redmond, killed during the Battle of Messines (1917)
File:Locre N°10 Cem.2 1.JPG, Entrance to the Locre No.10 Cemetery
Ferry de Locre ( Latinized Ferreolus Locrius) (1571–1614) was a historical and devotional writer from the County of Artois (then part of the Habsburg Netherlands, now in France).
Life
Locre was born at Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, in the County of ...
References
Populated places in West Flanders
Heuvelland
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