Essex Farm Cemetery

Essex Farm Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground within the John McCrae Memorial Site near , . There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial and Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station.

Memorial
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Bunker
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is a bunker.

Cemetery
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is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground near , . It is home to 1,607 identified casualties. The cemetery is half a kilometre north of Essex Farm Cemetery. is situated 690 metres northwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boezinge and Vlamertinge.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the province of . can be reached via the N369 road in the direction of . is situated 3 km northwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.

Village
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is a village in the province of and a borough of the city of . The village centre of lies just outside the city centre of , along the main road N38 to the nearby town of . is situated 4 km southwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.

Village
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is a in the province of in . The village is part of the municipality of . In World War I, the village was part of the Ypres Salient, a bulge in the front lines around Ypres in WWI, created in late 1914 after the front stabilised and the Allied and German armies dug in around the town. is situated 4½ km northwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.

Essex Farm Cemetery

Latitude
50.87089° or 50° 52′ 15″ north
Longitude
2.87309° or 2° 52′ 23″ east
Operator
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Open location code
9F24VVCF+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 142696396
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q2226435
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In Other Languages

“Essex Farm Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Essex Farm Cemetery”

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