Tyne Cot Military Cemetery New Zealand memorial with name panels to men who remain Missing
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Contributor:
Allan Hartley / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
ER3TXDFile size:
57.6 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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3660 x 5500 px | 31 x 46.6 cm | 12.2 x 18.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
May 2015Location:
Belgium, Flanders, Zonnebeke, Passchendaele, Tyne CotMore information:
The image is of the First World War 1914-18 Tyne Cot Military Cemetery at Zonnebeke. The name Tyne Cot was given to the site by the Northumberland Fusiliers for a Barn that looked like a Tyne Cottage from the Northeast of England. The cemetery is built on what was the heavily defended German position of Tyne Cot where the Barn stood prior to the Third Battle of Ypres of August-October 1917, known as Passchendaele. The cemetery is the largest cemetery on the Belgium Salient and the largest Commonwealth Cemetery in terms of burials. The cemetery contains 11'956 Commonwealth soldiers, 8'369 remain unidentified, including four Germans. The wall panels have the names of 35'000 servicemen who have no known grave. The Cross of Sacrifice sits on top of the central German Block House Command Post.