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Name Location Comments Image The Yser Memorial Nieuwpoort Belgium: The Yser Memorial was crafted by the Belgian sculptor Pieter-Jan Braecke. It is centered a column, upon which stands the figure of a woman representing Belgium who holds the Belgian crown away from the invading Germans.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to commemorate the UK and Commonwealth dead of the World Wars, either by maintaining a war grave in a cemetery, or where there is no known grave, by listing the dead on a memorial to the missing.
Pages in category "World War I cemeteries in Belgium" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
De Panne war cemetery; Adinkerke war cemetery; Keiem war cemetery; Houthulst war cemetery; Ramskapelle war cemetery; Steenkerke war cemetery; Westvleteren war cemetery
This list may not reflect recent changes. List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I memorials to the missing in Belgium and France List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders
[1] This cemetery is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and occupies a six-acre (2.5 hectares) site. The government of Belgium granted its free use as a permanent burial ground in perpetuity without charge or taxation. [2] At the center of the cemetery is the small memorial chapel of white Pouillenay stone.
With war ravaging Europe's heartland again, the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I are a timeless testimony to its cruelty. Belgium and France want them recognized as ...
Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which incorporates 139 cemeteries and memorials on the Western Front of the First World War. On 20 September 2023, UNESCO designated the locations as a World Heritage site. [1] [2]