Main entrance of the (First World War) Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, in Poperinge, Belgium
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. After Tyne Cot, it is the second largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in Belgium. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located near Poperinge in the province of West Flanders. Most of those buried in the cemetery are war casualties who had been wounded near Ypres and later died in the four large Allied casualty clearing stations located in this area. Designed by : Sir Reginald Blomfield Used for those deceased 1914-1919 Burials by nation : Commonwealth: 9,901 of which 24 are unnamed United Kingdom: 7,386 Canada: 1,058 Australia: 1,131 New Zealand: 291 South Africa: 29 India: 3 other nationalities: 883 of which 11 are unnamed
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Boescheepseweg 37, 8970 Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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