Heestert Military Cemetery

Heestert
Heestert
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
	Used for those deceased 1918
Established	1919
Location	50°46′52.6″N 3°24′41.8″E; near Heestert, Zwevegem, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed by	William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total burials	184
Unknowns	65
Burials by nation
	Allied Powers: United Kingdom: 127; Central Powers: Germany: 57;
Burials by war
	World War I: 184
	Statistics source: CWGC and ww1cemeteries

Heestert Military Cemetery is a British military cemetery with casualties from the First World War, located in the Belgian village of Heestert in the Zwevegem municipality. The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw and is located between the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Assumption Church and the village cemetery. It is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are 184 graves and a Cross of Sacrifice.

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