Zantvoorde British Cemetery
Historical context:
On October 30, 1914, the village was held by the 1st and 2nd Life Guards, with a total of 300 to 400 men. It was bombarded with heavy artillery for an hour and then captured by the 39th German Division and three attached battalions. The entire front of the 3rd Cavalry Division was pushed back to 'Klein Zillebeke Ridge'. It was impossible to recapture the village, which remained in German hands until September 28, 1918. The cemetery was created after the war by concentrating scattered graves. Many of them died in late October 1914 in the fierce fighting around Zandvoorde, Zillebeke, and Geluveld.
It currently commemorates 1,583 Commonwealth casualties from the First World War and one from the Second World War. Two-thirds of these are unidentified. A special memorial was erected for a British serviceman "believed to be buried in this cemetery." Other special memorials bear the names of 32 British servicemen buried in two German cemeteries, but whose graves could no longer be located. The cemetery covers an area of 4,766 square meters.