The "kameradengraf" (comrade grave)
all those non-identified exhumed soldiers from Belgium were buried there in a "kameradengraf" (comrade grave) during the period of 1956-1958. 366 graves behind the partition wall were moved to make room for the enormous grave. Almost 25,000 remains were buried here.
I came back last night from a coach tour of the area with a choir that I sing with, we stayed in Bruges and visited Ghent and Ypres (Leper) PLUS Essex Farm and Tyne Cot CWGC cemeteries where we took part in wreath laying ceremonies.
The nightly Last Post ceremony is something special, our choir were highly privileged to have been invited to take part.
Parksy said:Sorry that I can't help with any campsite information Stephen, but I have to say that the area is well worth visiting.
I came back last night from a coach tour of the area with a choir that I sing with, we stayed in Bruges and visited Ghent and Ypres (Leper) PLUS Essex Farm and Tyne Cot CWGC cemeteries where we took part in wreath laying ceremonies.
The nightly Last Post ceremony is something special, our choir were highly privileged to have been invited to take part.
For those interested there's a Facebook video taken by a friend of us singing at the Menin Gate ceremony last Friday, a truly humbling experience. I'm there singing but can't be seen in this clip because of the camera angle and the fact that I'm the shortest member of the choir, but it isn't about me, the ceremony is to honour those named on the panels at Menin Gate.
Thingy said:I may be wrong, but I dont think the legers are extra names, I think actually they are a list of the burials and a plot number ofr the grave or memorial panel. These are invaluable in large cemetaries such as TC if you are looking for an individual grave.