Polygon Wood Cemetery

Belgium / West-Flandern / Zonnebeke / Lange Dreve
 cemetery, First World War 1914-1918, heritage
This cemetery, which is just outside the wood after which it is named, was used from November 1917 to September 1918, visible from the entrance to the cemetery, is Buttes New British cemetery, which stands just inside the wood. There was once a German cemetery here, which contained 347 graves, this cemetery was later closed and the graves moved elsewhere.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 32; New Zealand 60; Germany 1; Unidentified 11; Total Burials: 104

Protected architectural heritage (ID: 201178)
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Coordinates:   50°51'26"N   2°59'25"E

Comments

  • Been there-the only credit New Zealand got for Polygon Wood is on their gravestones.to read all the reports of the battle you'd think it was only the Aussies.Credit to them,but remember all our boys.We lost a hell of a lot for the tiny country we were then
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