Commonwealth War Graves Outtersteene Extension

Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension started in the First World War and was used again in 1940, for the burial of those killed in the fighting which covered the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to Dunkirk.

Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension now contains 1,393 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 499 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 14 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Second World War burials number 72, of which 23 are unidentified. The Second War burials are situated left of the Cross of Sacrifice and the Stone of Remembrance.

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Source

• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge

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