Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial
The Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Buttes New British Cemetery, near the town of Zonnebeke, Belgium. It commemorates 378 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who were killed in the vicinity and have no known grave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in Zonnebeke, Belgium
- Also known as: “Buttes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial” and “New Zealand Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buttes New British Cemetery and 5th Australian Division Memorial.
Buttes New British Cemetery
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front.
Polygon Wood Cemetery
Cemetery
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Polygon Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War. It is located in Belgium, in what was the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. Polygon Wood Cemetery is situated 210 metres north of Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zonnebeke and Beselare.
Zonnebeke
Town
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Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare, Gheluvelt, Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper.
Beselare
Village
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Beselare is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial.
Zandvoorde
Village
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Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province. Zandvoorde is situated 5 km south of Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial.
Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial and historic site
- Location: West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.8555° or 50° 51′ 20″ northLongitude
2.99135° or 2° 59′ 29″ eastOpen location code
9F24VX4R+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 143075747OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q4777364
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In Other Languages
“Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Buttes New British Cemetery (N.Z.) Memorial, Polygon Wood”
- Dutch: “Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial, Polygon Wood”
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Highlights include Vredesbos and Reutelbos.
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