This cemetery is located just outside of Passchendale. It is the largest and most visited Commonwealth cemetery in the world, containing the war graves of 11,953 Allied soldiers of various nationalities, including Canadians. The memorial wall contains the names of the 35,000 missing commonwealth soldiers, whose names were unable to be inscribed on the Menin Gate.
Just contemplating these cold facts is disturbing. Seeing the cemetery, memorial wall and interpretive centre, drives it home.
Note the flowers along the rows. Every commonwealth cemetery has these.
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