Polygon Wood Cemetery
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.Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buttes New British Cemetery and Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial.
Buttes New British Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Buttes New British Cemetery is situated 190 metres southeast of Polygon Wood Cemetery.
Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial is situated 210 metres south of Polygon Wood Cemetery.
5th Australian Division Memorial
Monument
5th Australian Division Memorial is a monument, which is situated 180 metres southeast of Polygon Wood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zonnebeke and Beselare.
Zonnebeke
Town
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Suburb
Photo: ChelsyRambour, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beselare is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Polygon Wood Cemetery.
Zandvoorde
Village
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Polygon Wood Cemetery.
Polygon Wood Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: WWI CWGC cemetery in Belgium
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.85734° or 50° 51′ 26″ northLongitude
2.99046° or 2° 59′ 26″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24VX4R+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 143075749OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2723606
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In Other Languages
“Polygon Wood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Polygon Wood Cemetery”
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