Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Ypres, Belgium, on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
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| - Ypres Town Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and Extension
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| - Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Ypres, Belgium, on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
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by war
| - World War I: 145 , 598
World War II: 45
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| - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
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| - Allies of World War I:
*United Kingdom: 144 , 568
*Canada: 15
*Australia: 13
*South Africa: 1
*Undivided India: 1 , 1
Allies of World War II:
*United Kingdom: 42
*Canada: 1
*Czechoslovakia: 1
*Other: 1
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| - Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Ypres, Belgium, on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
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