Essex Farm Cemetery
Essex Farm Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground within the John McCrae Memorial Site near Ypres, Belgium. There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 49th Division Memorial and Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station.
Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station
Bunker
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station is a bunker.
Bard Cottage Cemetery
Cemetery
Bard Cottage Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground near Ypres, Belgium. It is home to 1607 identified casualties. The cemetery is half a kilometre north of Essex Farm Cemetery. Bard Cottage Cemetery is situated 690 metres northwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boezinge and Vlamertinge.
Boezinge
Village
Boezinge is a village in the municipality of Ypres in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Boezinge can be reached via the N369 road in the direction of Diksmuide. Boezinge is situated 3 km northwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.
Vlamertinge
Village
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vlamertinge is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a borough of the city of Ypres. The village centre of Vlamertinge lies just outside the city centre of Ypres, along the main road N38 to the nearby town of Poperinge. Vlamertinge is situated 4 km southwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.
Elverdinge
Village
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elverdinge is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The village is part of the municipality of Ypres. 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. Elverdinge is situated 4½ km northwest of Essex Farm Cemetery.
Essex Farm Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: burial ground near Ypres, Belgium
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Ypres, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.87089° or 50° 52′ 15″ northLongitude
2.87309° or 2° 52′ 23″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24VVCF+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 142696396OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2226435
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In Other Languages
“Essex Farm Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Essex Farm Cemetery”
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