TYNE COT CEMETERY

 Tyne Cot cemetery is the largest Commonwealth War Graves
 Commission Cemetery. It is near Ipres (Ypres or Wipers as the
 soliders of WWI called it).

 There are 11,953 burials of which 8,366 (nearly 70%) are
 unknown soliders. The memorial wall commemorates those with  unknown graves from 16 August 1917 onwards. There are
 34,870 names recorded.

 Somme 2009 Index

The entrance to Tyne Cot Cemetery	Tyne Cot Cemetery
Gravesham Network lay a wreath	Some of the graves at Tyne Cot
More of the graves in Tyne Cot	The rememberance wall
A memorial to the original block house	Three unknown soldiers
Two more graves	A panel on the rememberance wall
Some of the names on the rememberance wall	A long shot of Tyne Cot cemetery
The Rememberance Wall

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