CEMETERIES IN A GIVEN AREA AROUND YPRES.
The Ypres Times.
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simply as Nature does her miracles. Those country lads and cockneys, those office boys
from little suburban houses and the old sheltered homes of England and Scotland, Ireland
and Wales, and of Dominions Overseas were superhuman in the things they did and
suffered without being aware of their own heroic quality. It was the spirit of the race
that worked in them, and old traditions of family and school of which they were
unconscious.
Standing there in one of these cemeteries of the Salient one's pity for this loss of youth,
one's anguish and rage because of the world's forgetfulness, is overwhelmed by the homage
of one's heart to the quality of that young manhood. A frightful doubt comes to one
lest it died with' them so that our race may never produce that quality again. But that
doubt is weakness.
The spjrit of those boys is not dead. It touches every man and woman whose spirit
goes on pilgrimage to where they rest. It is the greatest heritage we have, a new and
undying tradition. These cemeteries in the Salient will call to the younger generation,
and the courage of those men, and their laughter will strengthen our people in ordeals
yet to come. For we dare not be traitors to their loyalty, nor face the world with meanness
and bitterness and cowardice and hate, when they were lovers of fair play, and had no
malice in them, no funk and no guile.
Indicates Cemeteries used for concentration.
Ref.
Map Referbnce
58
D-9
♦Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres
281, 56, 2, 8
913
115
America Cross Roads Ger. Cemetery, Wervicq
28P, 126, 8, 1
3
7
B-7
♦Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boesinghe
28C, lc, 3, 8
1, 135
65
E-7
Asylum Cemetery, Ypres
28H, 12d, 9 7
280
19
C-7
♦Bard Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe
28B, 246, 8, 2
1,640
93
F-8
Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Enc. No. 2
281, 26a, 8, 3
289
91
F-8
Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke, Enc. No. 3
281, 26a, 8, 5
61
92
F-8
♦Bedford House Cemetery, Enc. No. 4
281, 26a, 9, 6
613
64
E-7
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres
28H, 18c, 5, 0
608
149
K-8
Bethleem Farm (East) Cemetery, Messines
28U, 3d, 75, 95
43
148
K-8
Bethleem Farm (West) Cemetery, Messines
28U, 3d, 15, 35
166
73
E-9
♦Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Zillebeke
281, 17a, 80, 85
513
94
F-8
Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery, Zillebeke
281, 276, 6, 6
102
5
B-C-6
Bleuet Farm British Cemetery, Elverdinghe
28B, 10c, 2, 3
444
6
B-7
Boesinghe Churchyard
28B, 116, 9, 8
2
38
D-4
Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe
28G, 126, 7, 7
670
36
D-4
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe
28G, 126, 1, 6
531
37
D-E-4
♦Brandhoek New M.C. No. 3, Vlamertinghe
28G, 126, 3, 4
978
28
C-9
Bridge House Cemetery, Langemarck (Wieltje
28C, 24a, 20, 65
45
Road B.C.)
26
C-9
Buffs Road Cemetery, St. Jean
28C, 22 Central
193
111
G-8
Bus House Cemetery, Voormezeele
280, 2a, 4, 6
201
77
E-ll
♦The Buttes New B.C., Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke
28J, 10a, 20, 25
2,055
135
J-8
Cabin Hill Cemetery, Wytschaete
280, 33a, 95, 95
69
165
Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert
36C, 2d, 70, 45
218
4
B-C-4
Canada Farm B.C., Elverdinghe
28A, 12c, 9, 2
949
no
B-8
Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck
20U, 28c, 1, 3
2,932
96
F-8
Chester Farm Cemetery, Zillebeke
281, 33a, 7, 6
417
176
♦Cite Bon jean Military Cemetery, Armentieres
36B, 30c, O, 5
2,191
21
C-7
Colne Valley Cemetery, Boesinghe
28C, 136, 3, 2
47
138
Comines Communal Cemetery
28V, 56, 4, 7
4
137
Comines Communal Cemetery German Exten.,
28V, 56, 2, 7
24
110
G-7
Croon Aert Chapel Cemetery, Wytschaete
280, 7c, 2, 6
74