CEMETERIES IN THE YPRES SALIENT.
The Vpres Times.
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Thanks to the courtesy of the Imperial War Graves Commission and the excellent
records at their disposal we are able to publish in this issue a list of the British cemeteries
in the Ypres Salient between Langemarck and Armentieres with the number of burials
in each cemetery. The map which is issued scale 1 40,000 has been compiled at the
War Office from a War Office map and permission to publish has been very kindly given
by the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. I have to tender my most sincere thanks
to Colonel H. S. Winterbotham of the General Staff for the immense trouble he has taken
in the arrangements for the setting up of the map and for the excellence of the work.
Reference numbers in the first column of the list of cemeteries refer to the map we
now publish. Those given after the names are only reproduced for people who have retained
the maps that they used in the war.
The map is contoured and should be kept for future reference, as in later issues of
the Ypres Times we intend to give descriptions of some of the famous artillery positions,
dug-outs, dressing stations, mine and tank attacks.
The Register of all those buried in the British cemeteries is being gradually produced
by the Imperial War Graves Commission and can be obtained from them at 3s. The
following is a list of the cemeteries in the Ypres Salient of which a register is already
published.
BELGIUM.
B. 1.Ferme Olivier Cemetery, Elverdinghe.
B. 2.Hop. Store Cemetery.
B. 3.Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe.
b. 4.Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
B. 5.Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
B. 6 7.Brandhoek Military Cemetery.
B. 6 7.Brandhoek New Military Cemetery.
B. 8.Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, No. 3.
B. 9.Hospital Farm Cemetery, Elverdinghe.
These registers have been most carefully compiled and give the names of the dead,
number and regiment and, wherever possible, the next of kin. Included is a small map
with a description of the cemetery and its position. The following is the description of
the cemetery known as Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, No. 3, Vlamertinghe."
During the war Brandhoek was within the comparatively safe area which ended
at Vlamertinghe Church and Field Ambulances were posted there continuously. The
military cemetery was opened in May 1915 and closed in July 1917, and a new cemetery
had to be opened 300 yards away. The cemetery contains the graves of 849 soldiers
from the United Kingdom, 54 from Canada, 46 from Australia, 18 from New Zealand,
5 from S. Africa, one from the British West Indies, 4 French soldiers and one coolie of
the Chinese Labour Corps. It is a remarkable fact that 286 graves or nearly one-third
of the whole belong to the Royal Artillery or the Artillery of the Dominions (not including
trench mortars)."
The gates of the cemetery were presented by Mr. G. E. Strutt, whose son, Lieut. A.
E. Strutt, is buried there."
These registers are purchased by the League as they are published and can be referred
to at the Head Office. They should be searched for regimental records and are of great
interest to many districts and the Dominions. The League is anxious of giving all in
formation possible to relatives about the Ypres Salient and what happened therein, and
