Hooge Crater Cemetery
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Hooge, Belgium
The cemetery grounds contain 5,924 graves from World War I, including 3,578 unknown soldiers from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and British West Indies.
The cemetery opened in October 1917 with 76 initial graves and expanded through the addition of remains from surrounding World War I battlefields near Ypres Salient.
Architects Edwin Lutyens and Noel Ackroyd Rew designed the cemetery layout, incorporating a stone-faced circular depression at the entrance representing nearby battle craters.
The cemetery stands opposite the Hooge Crater Museum on the Menin Road, four kilometers east of Ypres in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
The grounds include the grave of Major Albert Stewart, an Irish international rugby player who died during the Battle of Broodseinde in World War I.
Location: Hooge
Inception: October 1917
Architects: Edwin Lutyens, Noel Ackroyd Rew
Operator: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Website: https://cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/52700/hooge-crater-cemetery
GPS coordinates: 50.84630,2.94336
Latest update: May 27, 2025 17:41
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