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| In het gehucht Lijssenthoek is van 1915 tot 1920 het grootste veldhospitaal van de Ieperboog ingericht en vormt nu de tweede grootste Commonwealth begraafplaats in België.Vandaag getuigt Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery van meer dan vier jaar oorlogsgeweld, met 10.784 graven, vooral Britse, maar ook enkele Franse en Duitse. Hier ligt ook de enige vrouw begraven op een CWGC-begraafplaats, de verpleegster Nellie Spindler. | |
| From 1915 to 1920 the hamlet of Lijssenthoek (Boescheepseweg) was the site of the largest evacuation hospital along the Ypres Salient and is now the second largest commonwealth cemetery in Belgium. Today, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery bears witness to more than four years of warfare, with the graves of 10,784 soldiers mainly British but also some French and German soldiers too. It also holds the grave of the only woman to be buried in a CWGC cemetery, a nurse, Nellie Spindler. The Visitor Centre, situated next to the cemetery, offers information on this unique site, including details about daily life in the hospital and the creation of the cemetery. |
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