Where Robert Morrow won his Victoria Cross

This hand-drawn map of the 'La Petite Douve' farm, near Messines, is in the collection of The Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Private Robert Morrow VC won the Victoria Cross on 12 April 1915 when the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers was in a 1,000 yard section of trenches along the river Douve close to Messines in Belgium. This map was drawn by one of the officers to record the exact position of the trenches that they occupied from November 1914 to April 1915 near 'La Petite Douve' farm.