Ploegsteert Wood Military 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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rifle House Cemetery and Ploegsteert Wood.
Rifle House Cemetery
Cemetery
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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. Rifle House Cemetery is situated 170 metres southeast of Ploegsteert Wood Military 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 410 metres north of Ploegsteert Wood Military 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 Ploegsteert Wood Military 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 Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery.
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery located in Belgium
- 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
50.73707° or 50° 44′ 14″ northLongitude
2.89997° or 2° 53′ 60″ eastOperator
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionOpen location code
9F24PVPX+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 90719767OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2384108
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery”
- French: “Cimetière militaire du bois de Ploegsteert”
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