There are dozens of cemeteries in and around Ypres. The largest, Tyn Cot, holds nearly 12,000 dead. The Essex Farm Cemetery is much smaller with 1,200 graves. We visited this cemetery by bicycle after we finished our guided tour. It is immediately next to the John McCrae site.
Gate outside the Essex Farm Cemetery site
Protected
Several stones marked Christmas deaths
Three gravestones standing close together
Gravestones in the distance stand grouped together
Gravestones at Essex Farm Cemetery
Memorial wreath left by a school group
Memorial wreath left by a school group
Memorial wreath left by a school group
Memorial wreath left by a school group
49th (West Riding) memorial
49th (West Riding) memorial
Explanation of the 49th (West Riding) memorial
Explanation of Essex Farm Cemetery and John McCrae site
