How many people are buried at Tyne Cot?
There are now 11,961 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,373 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to more than 80 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
Why are there German graves at Tyne Cot?
The Origins of Tyne Cot Cemetery One of several German blockhouses was large enough to be used as an Advanced Dressing Station. As a result of casualties not surviving their wounds in this medical Dressing Station there were 354 burials near the Dressing Station.
How many names are on the walls at Tyne Cot?
The TYNE COT MEMORIAL now bears the names of almost 35,000 officers and men whose graves are not known.
How many ww1 cemeteries are there in Belgium?
The Ypres Salient area now contains the resting place of many thousands of soldiers and airmen in over 100 British and Commonwealth military cemeteries, one German, two French and one Belgian military cemetery.
Where is the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium?
Belgium The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332).
Where is the Tyne Cot memorial to the missing?
The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment…
Where is the cemetery register at Tyne Cot?
The cemetery register will be found in the gatehouse as you enter the cemetery, and the memorial register will be found in the left hand rotunda of the memorial as you face the memorial.
What was the purpose of the Tyne Cot Memorial?
The Tyne Cot Cemetery, which was established around a captured German blockhouse or pill-box used as an advanced dressing station. The memorial encloses the rear of the cemetery.