Scott Post bunker
Lieutenant Colonel Humphrey Scott led the attack to these German bunker on 26 September 1917. They managed to get the bunker but 3 days later Scott died close to the bunker. You will find a sign on the main dirt road inside the Zonnebek forest that will lead you to the bunker.
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