Ypres Salient War Graves
Tyne Cot British Military Cemetery & Memorial
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Ypres Salient War Graves
Tyne Cot British Military Cemetery & Memorial
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After 1918
The photograph (right) shows original grave markers before they were replaced by headstones from Portland stone. The captured German blockhouse, subsequently used as a Dressing Station from October 1917, can be seen at the top centre of the picture. |
LocationLeave Ieper via its eastern exit (Menin Gate). At the traffic lights go straight on on the N332 to Zonnebeke. Continue straight on through Zonnebeke and at the next major junction take the left turn to Passendale (formerly called Passchendaele). In approximately 1 kilometre Tyne Cot Military Cemetery is signposted to the left. Acknowledgements Extracts of text by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (IWM) Photograph by kind permission of the Imperial War Museum Department of Photographs
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After the Armistice of 11 November 1918 the cemetery was enlarged when over 11,500 British soldiers' graves from the nearby battlefields of Passchendaele and Langemarck and a few small burial grounds were brought to this site.
When the cemetery was reconstructed the Cross of Sacrifice was constructed on the top of this blockhouse. The semi-circular