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This site presents the story of the First World War in the West Flanders region. The various categories provide a wealth of information about a range of subjects.
The Roll of Honour category is where you will find the details of all the men from Falkirk District who are buried or commemorated in the Immortal Salient.
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Tuileries British Cemetery
The Tuileries, or tile-works named Tuileries by the French Corps de Moussy when staying here, was located a little north-west of Zillebeke village, today with the expansion of the village it is within the boundaries, and in 1915, a number of Commonwealth and French soldiers were buried here. The cemetery had some of the earliest British burials, 106 buried here, however, 80 of the 106 graves were destroyed and lost when the cemetery was very badly shelled.
Sep 137 min read
Kemmel No.1 French Cemetery
This is a front line cemetery and of great interest. In April 1918, this sector and the nearby villages of Vierstraat and Kemmel were the scene of fierce fighting in which both Commonwealth and French forces were engaged. From 26 April to the end of August, the villages were in German hands. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission state that the origin of the cemetery is not known; it was found by the French Graves Services soon after the Armistice and contained Commonwealth,
Sep 129 min read
Godezonne Farm Cemetery
The cemetery was made in the garden of Godezonne Farm, between February and May 1915 by the 2nd Royal Scots and the 4th Middlesex both of 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division. The cemetery is on the road that was known as Cheapside. Three further burials were added in 1916 and the cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when fifty-nine graves were brought in from a wide area north and east of Kemmel. Further along the road you will find the memorial to the men of the 32nd Fre
Sep 810 min read
Suffolk Cemetery
This cemetery was begun in March and April 1915 by the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division. Apart from one burial made in November 1917, the cemetery was not used again until October 1918 when the 38th Labour Group buried twenty-eight men killed during the German advance the previous April, all but two of whom belonged to the 1st/4th and 1st/5th York and Lancasters. At this time, the cemetery was called Cheapside Cemetery after the nearby road.
Sep 55 min read
Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery
There used to be a lot of alder trees, elzen in Flemish, in the area which were commonly found in wetland. The wood is a soft hardwood used for making furniture, cabinets, charcoal and clogs. This cemetery is named after a brewery, the Kemmel Brouwerij, which stood opposite and is in fact a collection of small regimental burial grounds, of which Plot III in particular was made by the 22nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt). The eight plots are numbered neither in order
Sep 47 min read
Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery
The Old Military Cemetery was used as a front line cemetery from January to March 1915. The cemetery contains 46 First World War burials. There are also ten burials from the Second World War, all dating from late May 1940 when the British Expeditionary Force withdrew ahead of the German advance. The seventy-eight French graves were removed after the Armistice. There were three officers buried in Dickebusch Churchyard an
Aug 306 min read
Cabin Hill Cemetery
Wytschaete (now Wijtschate) was taken by the Germans early in November 1914. It was recovered by Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, but fell into German hands once more on 16 April 1918. The village was recovered for the last time on 28 September 1918. Cabin Hill Cemetery was begun by the 11th Division in June 1917 and used as a front line cemetery until March 1918. In October 1914, the 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers held the line here.
Aug 294 min read
Croonaert Chapel Cemetery
This is a cemetery that is very rarely visited. Croonaert Chapel was a shrine in a hamlet on the Wytschaete-Voormezeele road, and was in No Man's Land before the Battle of Messines in June 1917. The cemetery was begun by the 19th Division Burial Officer in June 1917, and used until the following November. Two further burials were made in April 1918 and January 1919. The 51 German graves of June 1917 were removed after the Armistice
Aug 284 min read
Messines Ridge British Cemetery
The cemetery stands on ground that belonged to the 'Institution Royale' (the Cross of Sacrifice is on the site of the Institution's windmill), was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield around Messines. At the entrance to the cemetery is a New Zealand Memorial to the 840 men who are missing from the fighting that took place. There is also a pavilion, not unlike that at Buttes New Cemetery at Polygon Wood, within the cemetery which commemorat
Aug 2313 min read
Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery
Killed in action 15 October 1915 – There were nine men killed on this day. At 1.30am The Germans blew a small mine outside the trenches held by the Camerons Highlanders with the War Diary recording the events.
Jul 217 min read
RATION FARM (LA PLUS DOUVE) ANNEX CEMETERY
On the 6 October 1917, the 9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry, were in the Messines sector billeted at Neuve-Eglise, now Nieuwkerke, in a relatively quiet area, although they were subjected to sporadic shelling. They trained and provided working parties as well as a detachment for duty at an army prison. On the 14 October the battalion moved into the ruins of Messines village. On the 16 October the War Diary recorded that: ‘Battalion HQ heavily and c
Jul 184 min read
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery
The La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery was started by the 48th (South Midland) Division in April 1915, men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as they held the line here until June 1915, and was in use until May 1918, when it was used by the Germans who had captured the farm in April 1918. Lieutenant Bruce Bairnsfather an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, at the request of his Colonel, was billeted here and was asked to decorate the walls of the rooms with sketches.
Jul 184 min read
Bethleem Farm West Cemetery
Bethleem Farm West Cemetery was made by units of the 3rd Australian Division (it was known to them as the '3rd Division General Cemetery'), who captured Bethleem Farm, which can be found to the north-east, on 7 June 1917 during the Battle of Messines. It continued to be used by the 14th (Light) Division until the end of 1917.
Jul 66 min read
Bethleem Farm East Cemetery
Bethleem Farm East Cemetery was made by Australian units when the nearby Bethleem Farm was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 7 June 1917, in the Battle of Messines. The majority of the burials are those of officers and men of the Division killed in action on 8 or 10 June, though the cemetery continued to be used until the following September. There are 44 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Located nearby is Bethleem Farm West Ce
Jun 207 min read
Hospital Farm Cemetery
Hospital Farm was the name given to a farm building used as a dressing station. It was traditionally called Hospitaalhoeve as the farm was once owned by the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta The cemetery was used particularly in 1915 and in 1917 by regiments and batteries engaged in the fighting around Ypres.
Jun 110 min read
Red Farm Cemetery
This is one of the smallest CWGC cemeteries in the Ypres Salient and it is certainly not on any tour guides itinerary as they and many others are focused on Brandhoek further along the road. Red Farm Military Cemetery contains 46 burials of the First World War, 17 are unidentified, and there are three civilians buried here. Twenty of the 46 burials are men who lost their lives on 27 April 1918 and three Belgian civilians. The formation of this cemetery is due to the events on
May 296 min read
Gwalia Cemetery
British West Indies Regt, Tank Corps, Chaplain. The cemetery was begun in July 1917 and remained in use until September 1918. It lay among the camps in flat, wet country and was used by infantry units, artillery and field ambulances
May 1613 min read
Hop Store Cemetery
The Hop Store Cemetery, interestingly on the base of the Cross of Sacrifice the name of the cemetery is Hop Store British Cemetery, opened in May 1915
May 1013 min read
Maple Copse Cemetery
There is an alias, Canadian Tunnellers, British engineers, connection to a famous TV series, boy soldiers, man arrested under the Army Act
Apr 2716 min read
St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery
There was a dressing station in the estimanet and the cemetery was begun in February 1915 by the 46th (North Midland) Division (Plot I, rows E and F) and was used by the Divisions in this sector until the German offensive of April 1918.
Apr 1310 min read
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