<P> The name `` Tyne Cot '' is said to come from the Northumberland Fusiliers , seeing a resemblance between the many German concrete pill boxes on this site and typical Tyneside workers ' cottages ( Tyne cots ) . Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery lies on a broad rise in the landscape which overlooks the surrounding countryside . As such , the location was strategically important to both sides fighting in the area . The concrete shelters which still stand in various parts of the cemetery were part of a fortified position of the German Flandern I Stellung , which played an important role in the area during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 . </P>
<P> The name `` Tyne Cot '' is said to come from the Northumberland Fusiliers , seeing a resemblance between the many German concrete pill boxes on this site and typical Tyneside workers ' cottages ( Tyne cots ) . Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery lies on a broad rise in the landscape which overlooks the surrounding countryside . As such , the location was strategically important to both sides fighting in the area . The concrete shelters which still stand in various parts of the cemetery were part of a fortified position of the German Flandern I Stellung , which played an important role in the area during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 . </P>
how did tyne cot cemetery get its name
how did tyne cot cemetery get its name
from the Northumberland Fusiliers , seeing a resemblance between the many German concrete pill boxes on this site and typical Tyneside workers ' cottages ( Tyne cots )
from the Northumberland Fusiliers , seeing a resemblance between the many German concrete pill boxes on this site and typical Tyneside workers ' cottages ( Tyne cots )