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Ypres Ramparts CWGC Cemetery seen across the moat
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Ypres Ramparts CWGC Cemetery seen across the moat
The earliest settlement in this area is thought to have been near Langemarck in about AD960 and gradually a cluster of villages grew up around the Yperlee. As Ypres increased in importance it was occupied or fought over by different nationalities - English, French, Dutch and the Austrians. In the late 1600s Vauban built a series of ramparts and fortifications and Ypres became a walled city surrounded by a moat, as it is today. The cemetery has 153 UK, 11 Australian, 10 Canadian, and 14 New Zealand burials. The approach path is named after Rose Coombs, the IWM author whose Before Endeavours Fade book was one of the first reference works for the area. Date: 2011
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1600s 2011 Approach Area Australian Austrians Before Burials Cemetery Cluster Coombs Cwgc Earliest Fortifications Fought Gradually Grew Ieper Importance Increased Langemarck Moat Named Nationalities Occupied Path Ramparts Reference Settlement Surrounded Thought Today Vauban Villages Walled Ypres Zealand
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