Tyne Cot Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium

5.0 (1.478 reviews) Spent Ranking #2 in Flanders Points of Interest & Landmarks • Cemeteries

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It is now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. At the suggestion of King George V, who visited the cemetery in 1922, the Cross of Sacrifice was placed on the original large pill-box. There are three other pill-boxes in the cemetery. There are now 11,956 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,369 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to more than 80 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 20 casualties whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. There are 4 German burials, 3 being unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The TYNE COT MEMORIAL forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery and commemorates nearly 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and New Zealand who died in the Ypres Salient after 16 August 1917 and whose graves are not known. The memorial stands close to the farthest point in Belgium reached by Commonwealth forces in the First World War until the final advance to victory. The memorial was designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculpture by F V Blundstone.

Address

Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium

Website

http://www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/53300/tyne-cot-cemetery

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  • 5LanceSmallshaw 5:00 PM Apr 17, 2022
    An opportunity to revisit Tyne Cot
    Had another opportunity to revisit Tyne cot, last here in 2017. When I entered the cemetery I have always had an overwhelming feeling of calm , peace and serenity here. As ever the CWG ‘s keep it immaculate. It will always been such a memorial a symbol in history.
  • 5AgedMan 5:00 PM Sep 30, 2022
    The Futility of War
    Walking around this cemetery and the visitor centre it brought it home the futility of war. All those lives lost, on both sides, for what in reality was a narrow strip of land. Full marks to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the upkeep of all these cemeteries.

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