Coxyde Military Cemetery is the largest British military cemetery on the Flemish coast. During the Great War, Koksijde was located about ten kilometers behind the front.

French troops began construction in June 1917. According to the current register, 1,672 soldiers are buried there, 1,517 from the First World War and 155 from the Second World War. The burials include 1,453 British soldiers (9 of whom are unidentified), 18 Australians, 15 Canadians, 19 New Zealanders, 2 South Africans, and 10 Germans (6 of whom are unidentified).

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 28, 2024

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Coxyde Military Cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens (born 1869 - 1944). He designed 127 other cemeteries and burial grounds, as well as the 1912 city plan of New …

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Kenny

September 17, 2023

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A British military cemetery with fallen soldiers from the First and Second World Wars.

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1. View of the Dune Reserve – View from the Hoge Blekker loop from Koksijde

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