Ypres Salient War Graves
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British Cemeteries and MemorialsIn the Ypres Salient battlefields there are over 137 British military burial grounds and 40,000 unidentified graves are contained in these cemeteries. In addition to the cemeteries, four memorials list the names of the 90,000 soldiers whose bodies have never been found. |
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French CemeteriesThere are two French military cemeteries containing the remains of almost 12,000 soldiers. |
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German CemeteriesThere are five First World War German military cemeteries in Belgium, which contain the remains of almost 100,000 soldiers. |
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Upkeep of Ypres Salient War GravesWar grave agencies are responsible for looking after the graves of British, German and French troops killed in the Ypres Salient between 1914 and 1918. Copyright Joanna Legg & Graham Parker © 2002 All rights reserved |