Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Poperinge

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge .

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Bezoekerscentrum Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery . Tourist Information and Service. Poperinge .

Poperinge , Belgium, cemetery Gaertner of the military cemetery Lijssenthoek Stock Photo.British graves at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery , largest First World War One hospital cemetery in the Ypres Salient, Poperinge , Belgium Stock Photo.

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located near Poperinge in the province of West Flanders . Most of those buried in the cemetery are war casualties who had been wounded near Ypres and later died in the four large Allied casualty clearing stations located in this area.

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 Kms west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge . From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via the Elverdingestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat.

From 1915 until 1920 the hamlet of Lijssenthoek became the venue for the biggest evacuation hospital in the Ypres Salient. Today the cemetery evokes daily reflections of the Great War. The visitor centre offers you an interpretation of this unique site.

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Tentoonstellingen Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery . Dagelijks gratis toegang Het bezoekerscentrum Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery bevindt zich op de plaats waar in 1915 de Fransen hun veldhospitaal optrokken. Daarna kwamen de Britten en de Canadezen.

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is the impressive witness to more than four years of war. From 1915-1920, the hamlet of Lijssenthoek housed the largest evacuation hospital in the Ypres Salient. Today, the cemetery reflects the Great War.

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery contains 9901 Commonwealth war graves from World War I. Of these, 24 are unidentified. There are also 883 French and German war graves on this cemetery .

Details of grave monuments photographs taken from Lijssenthoek Military Military Cemetery .The GPR holds 1 grave and 1 person records for the military cemetery . The latest details for the military cemetery were added on 03 March 2012.

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Major Frederick Tubb is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery near Poperinge , Belgium. His original cross was erected by his brothers, Lieutenant Arthur Oswald Tubb, Sapper Alfred Charles Tubb and Captain Frank Reid Tubb.