4-Site 2 - Tyne Cot Cemetery – Zonnebeke

4-Site 2 - Tyne Cot Cemetery – Zonnebeke Towering over the headstones in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium, is a Great Cross. Hidden beneath the cross's stone pedestal are the remains of a German concrete bunker which, an inscription relates, was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 4 October 1917. In this countryside was fought one of the most costly and horrific battles of the First World War – Passchendaele. In the mud of Passchendaele, in the month of October 1917 alone, the AIF lost 6673 dead. The Australian story at Passchendaele will be told nearby in the Memorial Museum Passchendaele in Zonnebeke, where a new gallery will open on 12 July 2013 as a site on the Australian Remembrance Trail. Le Cimetière Britannique de Tyne Cot filmé lors de la 5ème étape Ypres Arenberg du Tour de France 2014.source France Télévisions More about Tyne Cot Cemetery... www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/zonnebeke/visiting-tyne-cot.php On this spot, your personal guide: Tyne Cot blockhouse (The Great Cross) (Audio-cast, MP3, 3.88 MB)www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/audio/on-this-spot-tyne-cot-blockhouse-en.mp3