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Belgian military cemetery Westvleteren
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Location
The village of Westvleteren is located north of the town of Ieper (formerly Ypres), on the N8 which runs between Ieper and Veurne. Driving from Ieper follow the N8 to Oostvleteren, at the traffic lights turn left on the N321 direction Poperinge. As you come into the village you go round a sharp right hand bend, just after the bend turn right into Sint-Maartenstraat, the cemetery is on the right.
Westvleteren, Vleteren
Coordinates
GPS-Reference
R5930 - Belgische militaire begraafplaats Westvleteren
DMSX
N 50°55'35.0'' - E002°43'12.3''
DMX
N 50°55.583' - E002°43.205'
D
N 50.926377° - E002.720075°
UTM
31U E 480326 N 5641675
GOOGLE EARTH
50 55.583 N, 002 43.205 E
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Op de Belgische militaire begraafplaats van Westvleteren liggen 1.208 Belgische doden begraven. Deze begraafplaats werd tijdens de oorlog aangelegd.
(Bron: Roger Verbeke - juni 2001)
Related items
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Memorial brothers Edward and Frans Van Raemdonck and Amé Fiévez
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Open Monumentendag 2003: "Steen en de Eerste Wereldoorlog" - 14/09/2003
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2003/september/omd1409/body1.htm
Nieuw kruisbeeld militaire begraafplaats - Westvleteren - 29/10/2004
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2004/oktober/westvleteren2910/body1.htm
Maintenance Belgian military cemeteries - 13/08/2005
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2005/augustus/hoogstade1308/body1.htm
Flowers cemeteries - 16/11/2005
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2005/november/depanne2511/body1.htm
Flowers belgian cemeteries - 17/04/2006
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2006/April/westvleteren1704/body1.htm
Remembrance Nationaal IJzerfront - Westvleteren - 23/09/2006
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2006/September/westvleteren2309/body1.htm
Remembrance Day - Westvleteren - 11/11/2006
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2006/November/westvleteren1111/body1.htm
Driekleur Belgische grafstenen
http://www.wo1.be/nl/geschiedenis/gastbijdragen/militaire-en-burgerlijke-geschiedenis/driekeur-belgische-grafstenen
Commemoration - Westvleteren - 07/10/2007
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2007/Oktober/Westvleteren0710/body1.htm
Westvleteren military cemetery
http://www.begraafplaatsenvleteren.org
Remembrance Nationaal Ijzerfront - Westvleteren - 20/09/2008
http://archief.wo1.be/jwe/2008/september/steenkerke2009/westvleteren.htm
Other items in Westvleteren
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Belgian military cemetery Westvleteren
Dozinghem Military Cemetery
French burials at Westvleteren communal cemetery
Statue in remembrance of the victims of Westvleteren
Westvleteren Belgian Military Cemetery
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