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Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

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Tyne Cot Cemetery

Name: Tyne Cot Cemetery
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Location: Zonnebeke, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Tyne Cot Cemetery – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper

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2. Tyne Cot Cemetery – Crest Farm Canadian Memorial loop from Roeselare

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3. Tyne Cot Cemetery – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Geluveld

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phil_s

August 30, 2022

Tyne Cot cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world. The name 'Tyne Cot' is reported to come from the Northumberland Fusiliers, seeing a resemblance between the German pill boxes and typical Tyneside workers' cottages (Tyne cotts).
The cemetery occupies an elevated position, overlooking the surrounding countryside. The concrete shelters, which still stand in various parts of the cemetery, were part of a German fortified position, which played an important role during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.

Els

April 5, 2021

Tyne Cot British Cemetery is the most impressive of the many scars left by the 'Great War' in this region. Neatly lined, there are 11,956 tombstones in front of the Missing Memorial, with the names of 34,957 missing soldiers on the semi-circular back wall (which refers to the arc-shaped front line east of Ypres, the Ypres Salient). Each gravestone bears the sign of the regiment: the maple or maple leaf for Canada, the springbok for South Africa, etc. The sacrificial cross - a white stone base with a bronze sword - stands on the spot where a German bunker once stood. The name Tyne Cot(tage) was given to a shed that stood between 5 German concrete bunkers and refers to the cottages along the Tyne, a river in Norhumberland.
Source: Walking guide - Flanders route GR 128

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 24, 2023

Before visiting Tyne Cot Cemetery, take some time to get acquainted with the reception building - experience area.
As a visitor, you become acquainted with the horror of the Battle of Passchendaele in various educational ways. Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest British military cemetery on mainland Europe.

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Location: Zonnebeke, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Tyne Cot Cemetery

1. Tyne Cot Cemetery – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper

2. Tyne Cot Cemetery – Crest Farm Canadian Memorial loop from Roeselare

3. Tyne Cot Cemetery – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Geluveld

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