Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge

Name: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Address: Boescheepseweg 35A, Poperinge, 8970, Belgium
Telephone: +32 57 34 66 77

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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge

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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission 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. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1914 (110 years ago)Coordinates: 50°49'45"N, 2°42'4"E

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Boescheepseweg 35APoperinge 8970 Belgium

Contact

+32 57 34 66 77

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Day trips

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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