RE Grave Railway Wood Cemetery

Ypres, Belgium (BE)

This cemetery is unusual for being both a cemetery and a memorial; additionally, it has no gravestones, choosing instead to commemorate the men who died on the Cross of Sacrifice itself.

This cemetery should be the smallest WW 1 CWGC cemetery

RE Grave Railway Wood Cemetery

Ypres, Belgium (BE)

RE Grave Railway Wood is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.

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.

This cemetery is unusual for being both a cemetery and a memorial; additionally, it has no gravestones, choosing instead to commemorate the men who died on the Cross of Sacrifice itself.

This cemetery should be the smallest WW 1 CWGC cemetery

Cemeteries, Historical
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By: Dania