Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is a large Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Belgium, notable for commemorating thousands of soldiers who died in the Ypres Salient during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military cemetery
associatedWith British Army NERFINISHED
Commonwealth military forces NERFINISHED
category Cemeteries in West Flanders
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium NERFINISHED
commemorates soldiers who died in the Ypres Salient
conflictCommemorated World War I NERFINISHED
contains memorials
war graves
containsGravesOf Australian forces NERFINISHED
Canadian forces NERFINISHED
New Zealand forces
South African forces
United Kingdom forces NERFINISHED
other Commonwealth forces
some non-Commonwealth soldiers
country Belgium
era 20th century
establishedBy British forces NERFINISHED
establishedDuring World War I NERFINISHED
hasAccess public
hasFunction historical site
place of remembrance
hasHeritageStatus war cemetery
hasLanguageOfInscriptions English
French
hasOwner Commonwealth War Graves Commission NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfBurial identified war graves
unidentified war graves
locatedIn Poperinge NERFINISHED
West Flanders NERFINISHED
locatedNear Ypres NERFINISHED
locatedOn Western Front NERFINISHED
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission NERFINISHED
near Lijssenthoek farm NERFINISHED
notableFor burials from the Ypres Salient
large number of World War I burials
size as one of the largest CWGC cemeteries in Belgium
region Ypres Salient NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfUse 1914–1918
usedAs burial ground
usedFor commemoration of war dead
military burials

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Flanders Fields memorials hasPart Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery