Tyne Cot Military Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice where once stood the Tyne Cot Cottage Barn and the German command Block House
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.
Size: 5500px × 3660px
Location: Belgium, Flanders, Zonnebeke, Passchendaele, Tyne Cot
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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