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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tyne Cot Cemetery canonical | 8 |
| Cross of Sacrifice at Tyne Cot Cemetery | 1 |
| Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing | 1 |
| Tyne Cot Cemetery complex | 1 |
| Tyne Cottage (Tyne Cot) farm building | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2043680 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tyne Cot Cemetery Context triple: [Battle of Passchendaele, memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery]
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Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major Commonwealth war memorial in France commemorating over 72,000 British and South African soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme and have no known grave.
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Somme American Cemetery
Somme American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in France honoring American soldiers who fought and died in the Somme region.
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Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in northern France where soldiers of World War I, including British politician and officer Valentine Fleming, are buried.
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Flanders Field American Cemetery
Flanders Field American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in Belgium honoring American soldiers who died in the region’s battles.
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Yorkshire Memorial, Le Touret
The Yorkshire Memorial at Le Touret is a First World War battlefield memorial in France designed by renowned British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to commemorate soldiers from Yorkshire who died on the Western Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tyne Cot Cemetery Target entity description: 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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A.
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major Commonwealth war memorial in France commemorating over 72,000 British and South African soldiers who died in the Battle of the Somme and have no known grave.
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B.
Somme American Cemetery
Somme American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in France honoring American soldiers who fought and died in the Somme region.
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C.
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in northern France where soldiers of World War I, including British politician and officer Valentine Fleming, are buried.
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Flanders Field American Cemetery
Flanders Field American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in Belgium honoring American soldiers who died in the region’s battles.
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Yorkshire Memorial, Le Touret
The Yorkshire Memorial at Le Touret is a First World War battlefield memorial in France designed by renowned British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to commemorate soldiers from Yorkshire who died on the Western Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
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military cemetery ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| associatedWithBattle |
Battle of Passchendaele
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Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ |
| burialsFromCountry |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| category |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium
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World War I cemeteries in Belgium ⓘ |
| conflictCommemorated |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
World War I ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Herbert Baker
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surface form:
Sir Herbert Baker
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| features |
Cross of Sacrifice
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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
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English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfBurials | over 11800 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfIdentifiedBurials | about 8300 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfNamesOnMemorial | over 34000 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfUnidentifiedBurials | about 3500 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName |
Tyne Cot Cemetery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing
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| hasUnveilingBy |
George V
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surface form:
King George V
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| largestOf | Commonwealth war cemeteries in the world ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Passendale
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West Flanders ⓘ Ypres Salient fighting ⓘ
surface form:
Ypres Salient
Zonnebeke ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Third Battle of Ypres
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surface form:
Passchendaele
Ypres ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Imperial War Graves Commission
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surface form:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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| namedAfter |
Tyne Cot Cemetery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tyne Cottage (Tyne Cot) farm building
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| ownedBy |
Imperial War Graves Commission
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surface form:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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| partOf |
Western Front
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surface form:
Western Front battlefields
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| usedForBurialsFrom | 1917 ⓘ |
| usedForBurialsUntil | 1918 ⓘ |
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Subject: Tyne Cot Cemetery Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
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