Tyne Cot Cemetery
The world's largest Commonwealth war cemetery. Soldiers who fought from October 1914 to September 1918 were buried here. Tyne Cot Cemetery is located in the area known as Ypres Sailent. Some of the bloodiest episodes of World War I took place here. The cemetery, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, opened in 1927.
Three soldiers posthumously awarded the Victory Cross were buried here. They are: a Canadian, Private James Peter Robertson, and two Australians, Sergeant Lewis McGee and Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries.
Three soldiers posthumously awarded the Victory Cross were buried here. They are: a Canadian, Private James Peter Robertson, and two Australians, Sergeant Lewis McGee and Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries.
11,961 Commonwealth soldiers buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery
8,373 buried were never identified
34,948 names of fallen soldiers were engraved on commemorative plaques
8,373 buried were never identified
34,948 names of fallen soldiers were engraved on commemorative plaques
Heroes died defending freedom
Originally, German bunkers were located where Tyne Cot Cemetery now stands. After the war, between 1919 and 1921, the British collected the bodies of Allied soldiers from nearby cemeteries and buried them in Tyne Cot Cemetery. The monumental memorial, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, is a semicircular wall 4.25 metres high and over 150 metres long. It is inscribed with the names of 34,948 soldiers whose bodies were never found. Plaques with the names of the fallen are also located on the walls of the three apses and two rotundas that are part of the monument. The central apse commemorates the New Zealand soldiers who died in the battles of Broodseinde and Passchendaele. In other places there are plaques with the names of the fallen British.
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Address:
Vijfwegestraat 4 8980 Passendale |
Opening hours:
Daily: 10.00-18.00 |
Fare:
Free admission |