English-language names given by WWI troops to places affected by WWI

This is a list of English-language names given by World War I troops to places affected by World War I. Indeed, because there were many tensions during World War 1, some places had to be renamed. Since there was a very anti-German sentiment during World War 1, the military and government would rename towns, like Kitchener, Ontario in Canada, which was named Berlin until WWI. Another reason why English-language names were given by troops to places affected by WW1 is that English-speaking troops often fought in unknown territory. Thus, with the advent of strategising and the creation of trench maps, the English-speaking troops (mostly belonging to the British Empire, and Americans starting in 1917) had to find a way to locate places and themselves.

In France and Belgium

 * Caterpillar Valley: a valley near Albert, Somme
 * Caterpillar Wood: a wood in Caterpillar Valley
 * Moo-cow: Mouquet Farm, near Pozières
 * Mucky Farm: Mouquet Farm, near Pozières
 * Ocean Villas: Auchonvillers, Somme
 * Plugstreet: Ploegsteert, Belgium
 * Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke: from French Bois du Polygone
 * Wipers: Ypres
 * Dirty Bucket Corner : North-west of Ypres
 * Fitzclarence Farm : East of Ypres


 * Army map of an area of the Western Front, showing several such Army renamings