Tyne Cot Cemetery
The world's largest Commonwealth war cemetery. Soldiers fighting from October 1914 to September 1918 are buried here. Tyne Cot Cemetery is located in the area known as Ypres Sailent. One of the bloodiest episodes of World War I took place here. The cemetery, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, was opened in 1927.
Three soldiers decorated posthumously with the Victory Cross are buried here. They are: Canadian, Private James Peter Robertson and two Australians, Sergeant Lewis McGee and Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries.
Three soldiers decorated posthumously with the Victory Cross are buried here. They are: Canadian, Private James Peter Robertson and two Australians, Sergeant Lewis McGee and Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries.
11961 żołnierzy Wspólnoty Narodów pochowano na cmentarzu Tyne Cot
8373 pochowanych nigdy nie zostało zidentyfikowanych
34948 nazwisk poległych żołnierzy wyryto na pamiątkowych tablicach
8373 pochowanych nigdy nie zostało zidentyfikowanych
34948 nazwisk poległych żołnierzy wyryto na pamiątkowych tablicach
Heroes died in defense of freedom
Originally, where Tyne Cot Cemetery is now located, there were German bunkers. After the war, in 1919-1921, the British collected the bodies of allied soldiers from nearby cemeteries and buried them in the Tyne Cot cemetery. The monumental monument, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, is a semicircular wall 4,25 meters high and over 150 meters long. It is engraved with the names of 34,948 soldiers whose bodies have never been found. Plaques with the names of the fallen are also on the walls of three apses and two rotundas that are part of the monument. In the central apse, New Zealand soldiers who died in the battles of Broodseinde and Passchendaele are commemorated. In other places there are plaques with the names of the fallen Britons.
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Address:
Vijfwegestraat 4 8980 Passendale |
Opening hours:
Codziennie: 10.00-18.00 |
Ticket price:
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