Prowse Point Military Cemetery

Prowse Point Military 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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mud Corner Cemetery and Toronto Avenue Cemetery.

Mud Corner Cemetery

Cemetery

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Mud Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, on the Western Front. Mud Corner Cemetery is situated 200 metres south of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.

Toronto Avenue Cemetery

Cemetery

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Toronto Avenue Cemetery is situated 370 metres south of Prowse Point 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ploegsteert and Wulverghem.

Ploegsteert

Village

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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.

Wulverghem

Village

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Wulverghem is a Belgian village. It is the smallest village in the Heuvelland Municipality, with 260 people, and a total area of 350 hectares. Wulverghem is situated 3½ km northwest of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.

Warneton

Village

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Warneton is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality of its own until the 1977 merger of Belgian municipalities. Warneton is situated 4 km east of Prowse Point Military Cemetery.

Prowse Point 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

50.74393° or 50° 44′ 38″ north

Longitude

2.89874° or 2° 53′ 56″ east

Operator

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Open location code

9F24PVVX+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 90723213

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q7252830

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Prowse Point Military Cemetery” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Prowse Point Military Cemetery”
French: “Cimetière militaire de Prowse Point”
Italian: “Cimitero militare di Prowse Point”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery and Rifle House Cemetery.

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