Tyne Cot Cemetery

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Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world, serving as a major burial ground and memorial for soldiers who died in the First World War on the Ypres Salient in Belgium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
military cemetery
war memorial
associatedWithBattle Battle of Passchendaele
Third Battle of Ypres
burialsFromCountry Australia
Canada
Germany
India
New Zealand
South Africa
United Kingdom
category Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium
World War I cemeteries in Belgium
conflictCommemorated World War I
surface form: First World War

World War I
country Belgium
designedBy Herbert Baker
surface form: Sir Herbert Baker
features Cross of Sacrifice
Stone of Remembrance
New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot
surface form: Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing

visitors centre
hasApproximateNumberOfVisitorsPerYear hundreds of thousands
hasGridReference 28.D.17.b.2.6
hasInaugurationDate 1927
hasLanguageOnMemorials Dutch
English
French
hasNumberOfBurials over 11800
hasNumberOfIdentifiedBurials about 8300
hasNumberOfNamesOnMemorial over 34000
hasNumberOfUnidentifiedBurials about 3500
hasOfficialName Tyne Cot Cemetery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing
hasUnveilingBy George V
surface form: King George V
largestOf Commonwealth war cemeteries in the world
locatedIn Passendale
West Flanders
Ypres Salient fighting
surface form: Ypres Salient

Zonnebeke
locatedNear Third Battle of Ypres
surface form: Passchendaele

Ypres
maintainedBy Imperial War Graves Commission
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
namedAfter Tyne Cot Cemetery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tyne Cottage (Tyne Cot) farm building
ownedBy Imperial War Graves Commission
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
partOf Western Front
surface form: Western Front battlefields
usedForBurialsFrom 1917
usedForBurialsUntil 1918

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Battle of Passchendaele memorial Tyne Cot Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice notableExample Tyne Cot Cemetery
this entity surface form: Cross of Sacrifice at Tyne Cot Cemetery
Flanders Fields contains Tyne Cot Cemetery
Flanders Fields memorials hasPart Tyne Cot Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance notableExampleLocation Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot Cemetery hasOfficialName Tyne Cot Cemetery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing
Tyne Cot Cemetery namedAfter Tyne Cot Cemetery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tyne Cottage (Tyne Cot) farm building
Passchendaele Canadian Memorial near Tyne Cot Cemetery
New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot partOf Tyne Cot Cemetery
this entity surface form: Tyne Cot Cemetery complex
Ypres 1917 memorializedBy Tyne Cot Cemetery