Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension
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Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Ypres, Belgium, on the Western Front.
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Ypres Town | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased 1914–1915, 1918 and 1940 | |
Established | 1914 |
Location | 50°51′12″N 02°53′54″E near |
Designed by | Sir Reginald Blomfield |
Total burials | 145 (cemetery), 643 (extension) |
Unknowns | 150 |
Burials by nation | |
Allies of World War I:
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Burials by war | |
World War I: 145 (cemetery), 598 (extension)
World War II: 45 (extension) | |
Statistics source: and at wo1.be |
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The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.[1]