Tyne Cot Cemetery

Tyne Cot is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the English forces in world. The name "Tyne Cot" seems to come from the resemblance between the German pill boxes and a Tynesite workers cottage.

WW1

Thursday 4 October 1917 is the crucial day of the Battle of Passendale. The starting-point of the attack was the road Zonnebeke-Langemark. On the evening the 3^rd Australian Division lay on the place of the current cemetery.
The battle terrain is intersected by an old railroad Ieper - Roeselare, since 1952 out of order. The province of Flanders wants to create a new walking- and bicycle road between the Memorial Museum Passchendaele and the Tyne Cot Cemetery.

Archeology

Before making this road an extended archeologic research investigation has been made, resulting

See also

• Flickr photos of Tyne Cot.
• WW1_Locations shows mappings of the various WW1 locations.

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