The cemetery is directly opposite the Hyde Park Corner Cemetery, which was started by the 1/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment, 145 Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division in April 1915.
The Cemetery Extension was opened in June 1916 and was used until September 1917. The cemetery is dominated by the Memorial to the Missing.
Cemetery Location
The cemetery is located on the Armentieres Road 1km north of the village of Ploegsteert and at the foot of Hill 63, which is 13km south of Ieper.
(Linesman Map)
FALKIRK DISTRICT MEN BURIED HERE
Blackness
565 Pte William Purcell Naysmith
2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
Age
4.1.15
III. C. 22
Links to the area
2664B Pte James Dick Hunter
8th Australian Infantry Force
Age 26
29.6.17
I.B.11
Husband of Alice Davis Hunter, 51 Upton Road, Victoria NSW & father of Lorna K Hunter. Fourth son of William & Eliza Hunter, 45 Graham's Road, Falkirk
Burials:
UK – 295
Australian – 51
New Zealand – 45
Canadian - 3
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