DOZINGHEM MILITARY
CEMETERY
Westvleteren
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
The cemetery is located to the north-west of Poperinge near Krombeke. From Ieper follow the directions to Poperinge along the by-pass. At the end of the by-pass at the traffic lights turn right into Oostlaan. Follow Oostlaan over the roundabout to the end of the road. Turn left into Veurnestraat and follow along here to the first turning on the right. (From Poperinge centre, follow the directions to Veurne along the Veurnestraat to the second turning on the left.) Turn into Sint-Bertinusstraat and follow this road up the rise and round a left hand bend. After the bend, take the right hand turning in the direction of Krombeke along the Krombeekseweg. Follow the Krombeekseweg past the "De Lovie" centre where the road name changes to Leeuwerikstraat and then past a cafe on the left. Approximately 500 meters after the cafe on the left, you will see a sign for the cemetery pointing to a track on the right into the woods. The cemetery is along here at the end of the track.
Westvleteren was outside the front held by Commonwealth forces in Belgium during the First World War, but in July 1917, in readiness for the forthcoming offensive, groups of casualty clearing stations were placed at three positions called by the troops Mendinghem, Dozinghem and Bandaghem. The 4th, 47th and 61st Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Dozinghem and the military cemetery was used by them until early in 1918. There are now 3,174 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery and 65 German war graves from this period. The cemetery also contains 73 Second World War burials dating from the Allied withdrawal to Dunkirk in May 1940. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Further Information: It should be noted that access by vehicle could be difficult in wet weather, and a short walk may therefore be necessary.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 3058; Canada 81; Australia 6; New Zealand 14; South Africa 15; Germany 65; Total Burials: 3239
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242105 Private Edwin James Collins 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment. Died at 47 CCS 27/07/1917 of wounds received at Messines a day earlier. Aged 20. Son of David George and Ellen Caroline Collins, of 16, Edridge Rd., East Croydon, Surrey. Plot V. F. 21.
Second Lieutenant Isaac Gwilym Bevers "C" Coy. 16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 02/08/1917, aged 24. Born in 1893 at Henley-on-Thames Only son of Margaret Bevers, of Trum Orthin, Harlech, Merioneth, and the late Walter Bevers. Plot II. G. 3.
Picture courtesy of Chris Cowell, relative of this officer
461149 Sapper John Harold Brook 526th Field Coy. Royal Engineers 02/10/1917, aged 24. Son of John Brook, of 115, Duke St., Southport. Plot VII. H. 18
Picture courtesy of Margaret Wilford, his first cousin once removed.
20008 Driver J. D. Sibley Guards Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery 01/08/1917. Plot II. D. 10. Lived at, 21 Railway Street, Risca, Monmouthshire, South Wales Picture courtesy of David Lovesey, grandson of this soldier
40452 Private Robert Gaw Bell 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14/10/1917, aged 27. Son of William James and Margaret Bell, of 63, Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast. Plot XII. F. 24.
"To Die At Duty's Call, Such Death is Bliss"
241659 Lance Corporal Thomas Henry Jones 1st/8th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment 21/08/1917, aged 24. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones, of 32, Cherry St., Gig Mill, Stourbridge. Plot IV. I. 17. Picture courtesy of great nephew, Kirk Jones, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. |
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