Friday, January 22, 2016

Belgium: Tyne Cot Cemetery

On Wednesday I got eleven postcards including two from Belgium.

One of them shows the Tyne Cot Cemetery near Passendale in Flanders. The Tyne Cot Cemetery was established in 1917. It is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the World. There are 11976 war graves of World War I. The cemetery is surrounded by the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, a long stone wall with the names of missing soldiers written on it.

Update: As one of the Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) in Belgium and France this site is since 2023 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.


With a related stamp:
Centenary of World War I (from set of five) (issued 19-03-2015)


Thank You very much Gerda!

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