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Tyne Cot
- 3. The Memorial • Commemorates 35,000 Commonwealth Soldiers buried in un-known graves • 70% of these graves are of unknown soldiers. • Located at Broodseine Ridge
- 4. The Battle for Broodseine Ridge • 4th October 1917 • Aim: dislodge entrenched Germans • At 6am, attack launched • Allied Forces were victorious • Germans retook the ridge in March 1917
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- 6. Tyne Cot Cemetery • 35,000 Commonwealth Soldiers • Broodseine Ridge, Passchendale and Langemark. • Broodseine Ridge - 4th October 1917
Editor's Notes
- Was erected for two reasons: 1. To commemorate the 35,000 of Commonwealth (British, Australian and New Zealand) Soliders that were buried in un-known graves Broodseine Ridge, Passchendale and Langemark. 2. To acknowledge the death of 11,954 soliders who died fighting over the Broodseine Ridge that Tyne Cot is situated on, as well as other servicemen that were killed in the surrounding battlefields of Passchendale and Langmark. Sadly, 70% of these graves are of unknown soliders.
- - The Battle for Broodseine Ridge, 4th October 1917 - Aim: to dislodge entrenched Germans on the ridge that overlooked the Ypres Salient - At 6am on the 4th of October, Australian and New Zealand forces launched an attack on the ridge line - Three hours of intense fighting ensued to clear the several pillboxes along the ridge, but eventually, the allied forces were victorious - Sadly the German near to the end of March 1917, were able to retake the ridge. This ground was then held by them till the final few weeks of the war, where by the Belgium Army were able to finally take and hold the ground
- IMAGE IS NOT LOCHNAGAR< JUST AN EXAMPLE