Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased 1914–1919 | |
Established | 1914 |
Location | 50°49′45″N 02°42′04″E / 50.82917°N 2.70111°E near Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium |
Designed by | Sir Reginald Blomfield |
Total burials | 10,785 of which 35 are unnamed |
Burials by nation | |
* Commonwealth: 9,901 of which 24 are unnamed
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Burials by war | |
World War I: 10,784 (plus 1 non World War burial) | |
Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, ii, vi |
Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
Reference no. | 1567-FL27 |
Statistics source: CWGC |
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.