Rifle House Cemetery
Rifle House Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres on the Western Front.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery and Ploegsteert Wood.
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient within Ploegsteert Wood on the Western Front in Belgium. Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery is situated 170 metres northwest of Rifle House Cemetery.
Ploegsteert Wood
Forest
Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient. It is located around the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, Wallonia.
Toronto Avenue Cemetery
Cemetery
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Toronto Avenue Cemetery is situated 570 metres north of Rifle House Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ploegsteert and Le Bizet.
Ploegsteert
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Ploegsteert is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the most westerly settlement of Wallonia.
Le Bizet
Village
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Le Bizet is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Rifle House Cemetery.
Warneton
Village
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Warneton is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Warneton is situated 4 km east of Rifle House Cemetery.
Rifle House Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: commonwealth War Graves Commission Burial Ground
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.73566° or 50° 44′ 8″ northLongitude
2.90101° or 2° 54′ 4″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24PWP2+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 90719061OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2751673
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Rifle House Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rifle House Cemetery”
- French: “Cimetière militaire Rifle House”
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