Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery
Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lone Tree Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and Pool of Peace.
Lone Tree Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Cemetery
Lone Tree Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium. It is located at Spanbroekmolen, on one of the highest points of the Messines Ridge. Lone Tree Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery is situated 560 metres southwest of Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery.
Pool of Peace
Photo: MisterBee1966, Public domain.
Pool of Peace is situated 450 metres southwest of Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery.
Wytschaete Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wytschaete Military Cemetery is situated 1 km northeast of Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wijtschate and Wulverghem.
Wulverghem
Village
Photo: Friedrich Tellberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wulverghem is a Belgian village. It is the smallest village in the Heuvelland Municipality, with 260 people, and a total area of 350 hectares.
Heuvelland
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heuvelland is a thinly populated rural municipality, in West Flanders. The area experienced many major battles during World War I, as part of the Ypres Salient area, and now has several cemeteries and other historical sites.
Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: WWI CWGC cemetery in Ypres, Belgium
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Heuvelland, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.77838° or 50° 46′ 42″ northLongitude
2.8671° or 2° 52′ 2″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24QVH8+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 90536905OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2485005
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery”
- French: “Cimetière militaire de Spanbroekmolen”
- Italian: “Cimitero militare di Spanbroekmolen”
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