PASSCHENDAELE NEW
BRITISH CEMETERY
Zonnebeke
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Take the Torhoutstraat from the market square onto the small roundabout, go right here into Basculestraat, at the crossroads turn left onto Zonnebeekseweg, continue for 7km and once in the village of Zonnebeke go left into Langemarkstraat, this then changes name to Zonnebekestraat, after 2km and passing Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, is the right turn into S’Graventafelstraat, 4km along here and passing the New Zealand memorial is the cemetery, on the left hand side of the road.
The village of Passchendaele and its surrounding area are linked with every phase of the Great War; the village itself was occupied by the Germans on 20th October 1914. It was not retaken until 6th November 1917, after severe fighting in dreadful weather, when the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade took and passed the village. This battle became known as the second battle of Passchendaele and was the closing chapter in the Third Battle of Ypres.
In April 1918, the British line was withdrawn far back on the road to Ypres, but the village was retaken in September 1918 by Belgian troops. This cemetery was made after the armistice by the concentration of graves from the surrounding battlefields.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 1026; Canada 651; Australia 292; New Zealand 126; South Africa 3; Total Burials: 2098
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