Borderhouse, as it was called by the Brtish (or Prinzenhof for the Germans) is a farm that was completelty destroyed in the war. It hasn't been rebuilt. Borderhouse nowadays is as good as forgotten, unknown. It was situated between Pondfarm and the center of St. Julien.

Before the war, Arseen Marant lived at this farm. After the war the farmer of Pondfarm didn't return. The landowner the decided to reconstruct just one farm and that one was Pondfarm. Arseen Marrant then settled at Pondfarm. (cf. aerial photo below. Traces of the old farm still can be seen too.)

At this place one of the three majors bunkers that were near Pondfarm was located: Kazerne 1 Graf Haeseler. The bunker had a length of 40m. (43.7 yards) and was 6m. (19.6 ft) wide. Some remnants still can be found.

The name 'Bordehouse' probably is derived from its location, i.e. on the boundary of the village of St. Julien. The 'Fortuinhoek' at that time sitll was part of the town of Zonnbeke and its German name was 'Prinzenhof'. That name may refer to ramparts of the farm. Those were 5m. deep (5.4 yards) and made the farm somehow look like a castle .

Today there's an area to the north of 'Prinzenhof' and its main street is called 'Prinsenhofstraat'. The foundation of a number of houses in that area is made of the remains of the concrete debris and bricks that come from the bunkers that once were near Pondfarm.

It took the soldiers 6 weeks to move on from Pondfarm to Borderhouse.

In 2005 Michael Ward, from England, payd us a visit. He told us that his grandfather, Charles Sydney Ward, aged 27, fell near Borderhouse in the Great War. As a missing soldier, his name is perpetuated at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
In 2007 Michael Ward came here to commemorate his grandfather and did so by laying down a poppy wreath.
2007 was the year of 90th. anniversary of the 3d Battle of Ypres, known as 'Passchendaele'.(cf. Pondfarm visits)

Charles Sydney Ward of the Cambridgeshire Regiment,
who fell near Bordehrouse on the 31st. July 1917. (cf. remembrance page)

(English translation Frank Mahieu; if errors are found, please let us know, thanks)