<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Statistics source: CWGC </Td> </Tr> <P> Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front . It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in the world, for any war . The cemetery and its surrounding memorial are located outside of Passchendale, near Zonnebeke in Belgium . </P> <P> The name "Tyne Cot" is said to come from the Northumberland Fusiliers, seeing a resemblance between the many German concrete pill boxes on this site and typical Tyneside workers' cottages (Tyne cots). Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery lies on a broad rise in the landscape which overlooks the surrounding countryside . As such, the location was strategically important to both sides fighting in the area . The concrete shelters which still stand in various parts of the cemetery were part of a fortified position of the German Flandern I Stellung, which played an important role in the area during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 . </P> <P> On 4 October 1917, the area where Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery is now located was captured by the 3rd Australian Division and the New Zealand Division and two days later a cemetery for British and Canadian war dead was begun . The cemetery was recaptured by German forces on 13 April 1918 and was finally liberated by Belgian forces on 28 September . </P>

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