Looking down the cemetery and across the battlefield to Messines.

Adjoined graves means these soldiers were found in a mass grave together.

Tyne Cot Cemetery

July 4, 2023 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

Tyne Cot is the largest Commonweath war grave cemetery in the world. There are 950 in France and Belgium. It is on the site of the Battle of Broodseinde, which involved Australian and allied troops in 1917.

The heavy battles took place in this area as the Allies attempted to take control of the ridges and high ground from the Germans.

Tyne Cot contains 12000 graves, 9000 of whom are unknown. The walls list the names of 34000 British soldiers with no known grave.Read more