Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery
Ypres, Belgium
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Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium, established in 1915 to honour the First World War dead. Designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and Edwin Lutyens, the cemetery occupies grounds granted in perpetuity to the United Kingdom by King Albert I of the Belgians, a gesture recognizing the British Empire's defence and liberation of Belgium during the conflict. The site is designated a protected monument and World Heritage Site.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery
- Heritage
- beschermd monument, World Heritage Site
- Place
- Ypres, Belgium
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