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The Hooge Crater Cemetery is located in
Zillebeke just outside Ypres - one of the towns that saw a lot of fighting during World War I. The cemetery holds 5,924 graves of British and other Commonwealth soldiers. On the other side of the road the Hooge Crater Museum 1914-18 s located. The cemetery was visited on a very rainy day - that is the reason why there are only a limited number of pictures.
 
      
Zillebeke - Ypres

Some of the many graves at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.

Some of the many graves at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.
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The graves of Private W. Crosby (killed in September 1918) and "A soldier of The Great War" at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.

The graves of Private W. Crosby (killed in September 1918) and "A soldier of The Great War" at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.
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The graves of "Five soldier of The Great War" and "Four soldier of The Great War" at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.

The graves of "Five soldier of The Great War" and "Four soldier of The Great War" at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.
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The graves of some soldiers that were killed a buried in another nearby cemetery in 1915 and 1918. But during later battles this cemetery was destroyed, so now their graves have been move to the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.

The graves of some soldiers that were killed a buried in another nearby cemetery in 1915 and 1918. But during later battles this cemetery was destroyed, so now their graves have been move to the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.
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Two Royal Air Force graves at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.

Two Royal Air Force graves at the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.
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The entrance to the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.

The entrance to the Hooge Crater Cemetery in Zillebeke/Ypres.
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