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 Visitors Centre	Part of the Cemetery wall
Approaching the cemetery	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
Some of the names on the rememberance wall	A long shot of Tyne Cot cemetery
Explorers looking at the rememberance wall

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