ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY
ZUYDCOOTE FRANCO-GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Zuydcoote is a village in the Department of the Nord about 10 kilometres north-east of Dunkirk. The Military Cemetery is west of the village and about 550 metres east of Zuydcoote Halte.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
In the autumn of 1917, while the XV Corps was holding the Nieuport section, the 34th and 36th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Zuydcoote. The Military Cemetery contains, for the most part, the graves of officers and men who died in these hospitals.
There are 327, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Two of the British graves were brought after the Armistice from ZUYDCOOTE CHURCHYARD FRENCH MILITARY EXTENSION.
The cemetery covers an area of 1,042 square metres and is enclosed by a wall.
On the West side of it is ZUYDCOOTE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, made after the Armistice, and containing over 1,000 French and 170 German graves.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 314, Canada 5, Australia 1, New Zealand 4, South Africa 2, Belgium 1. Total Burials: 327.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
Zuydcoote is a village in the Department of the Nord about 10 kilometres north-east of Dunkirk. The Military Cemetery is west of the village and about 550 metres east of Zuydcoote Halte.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
In the autumn of 1917, while the XV Corps was holding the Nieuport section, the 34th and 36th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Zuydcoote. The Military Cemetery contains, for the most part, the graves of officers and men who died in these hospitals.
There are 327, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Two of the British graves were brought after the Armistice from ZUYDCOOTE CHURCHYARD FRENCH MILITARY EXTENSION.
The cemetery covers an area of 1,042 square metres and is enclosed by a wall.
On the West side of it is ZUYDCOOTE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, made after the Armistice, and containing over 1,000 French and 170 German graves.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 314, Canada 5, Australia 1, New Zealand 4, South Africa 2, Belgium 1. Total Burials: 327.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
5859 Serjeant
Henry Clark
48th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps.
27th September 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of William Henry and Margaret Clark, of 24, Caroline St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.
Picture courtesy of Pam Stones
Henry Clark
48th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps.
27th September 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of William Henry and Margaret Clark, of 24, Caroline St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.
Picture courtesy of Pam Stones
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
John Turner Bone
Royal Naval Air Service
18th October 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 5.
Son of Peter Turner Bone and Elizabeth Bone, of 340, Fourth Avenue West, Calgary, Canada.
John Turner Bone
Royal Naval Air Service
18th October 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 5.
Son of Peter Turner Bone and Elizabeth Bone, of 340, Fourth Avenue West, Calgary, Canada.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Zuydcoote Franco-German Military Cemetery
(Pictures © Geerhard Joos)
Cemetery Information
1174 French soldiers, 201 German soldiers, 1 Belgian soldier and 1 Russian soldier are buried there; all lost their lives in the First World Conflict.
In this cemetery, are also buried 904 French soldiers and 14 Spanish soldiers who died during the Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
In total there are more than 2600 soldiers who rest in this cemetery.
1174 French soldiers, 201 German soldiers, 1 Belgian soldier and 1 Russian soldier are buried there; all lost their lives in the First World Conflict.
In this cemetery, are also buried 904 French soldiers and 14 Spanish soldiers who died during the Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
In total there are more than 2600 soldiers who rest in this cemetery.
