DOZINGHEM MILITARY
CEMETERY
Westvleteren
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: 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
The 1939-45 plot
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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.
11529 Private James Ernest Smith 241st Machine Gun Corps. (Inf) 27/10/1917 Plot XI. C. 4. Husband of Bertha L. Smith, of 64 Creek Road, Deptford, London. A Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather never forgotten.
Picture courtesy of Maureen Usher
19106 Private William Trull 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards 31/07/1917 Plot II. D. 17.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, John Eeley
267998 Private Ennis Dean 6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 31/07/1917, aged 23. Son of Albert and Margaret Ellen Dean, of 49, Upper Aughton Rd., Southport. Plot II. H. 19.
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Number of burials by Unit
| Royal Field Artillery |
421
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Royal Garrison Artillery |
168
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| Royal Engineers |
141
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King's Liverpool Regt |
74
|
|
| Machine Gun Corps (Inf) |
74
|
Northumberland Fusiliers |
71
|
|
| Grenadier Guards |
68
|
Royal Army Medical Corps |
66
|
|
| Lancashire Fusiliers |
65
|
Royal Naval Division |
63
|
|
| Canadian Units |
61
|
Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regt) |
55
|
|
| Royal Scots (Lothian Regt) |
51
|
Coldstream Guards |
50
|
|
| Welsh Regt |
47
|
Seaforth Highlanders |
44
|
|
| Cameron Highlanders |
42
|
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
41
|
|
| Royal Army Service Corps |
41
|
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) |
40
|
|
| Irish Guards |
40
|
Yorkshire Regt (Green Howards) |
39
|
|
| Royal Sussex Regt |
37
|
Rifle Brigade |
36
|
|
| Gordon Highlanders |
36
|
Lincolnshire Regt |
36
|
|
| Border Regt |
36
|
Gloucestershire Regt |
35
|
|
| Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders |
35
|
British West Indies Regt |
34
|
|
| South Wales Borderers |
34
|
Kings Royal Rifle Corps |
33
|
|
| Durham Light Inf |
32
|
Cheshire Regt |
32
|
|
| King's Own Scottish Borderers |
32
|
Royal Warwickshire Regt |
31
|
|
| Northamptonshire Regt |
30
|
Worcestershire Regt |
30
|
|
| Essex Regt |
27
|
Middlesex Regt |
25
|
|
| South Staffordshire Regt |
24
|
Manchester Regt |
24
|
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| Royal Horse Artillery |
23
|
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
23
|
|
| King's Shropshire Light Inf |
23
|
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt) |
23
|
|
| Loyal North Lancashire Regt |
23
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West Yorkshire Regt |
22
|
|
| Hampshire Regt |
21
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Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt) |
21
|
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| Ox and Bucks Light Inf |
21
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Royal Newfoundland Regt |
20
|
|
| Bedfordshire Regt |
19
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South Lancashire Regt |
19
|
|
| York and Lancaster Regt |
18
|
Scots Guards |
18
|
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| King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf |
18
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King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt) |
17
|
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| Suffolk Regt |
17
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Royal Berkshire Regt |
17
|
|
| Dorsetshire Regt |
16
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Royal West Kent Regt (Queen's Own) |
16
|
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| Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
16
|
South African Units |
15
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| Buffs (East Kent Regt) |
15
|
Somerset Light Inf |
15
|
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| East Lancashire Regt |
14
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New Zealand Units |
14
|
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| Norfolk Regt |
14
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Royal Flying Corps |
13
|
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| East Yorkshire Regt |
12
|
4th Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) |
12
|
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| Highland Light Inf |
11
|
8th Bn London Regt (P. O. Rifles) |
10
|
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| 1st Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) |
10
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East Surrey Regt |
10
|
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| Household Bn |
9
|
7th Bn London Regt |
9
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| Welsh Guards |
8
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9th Bn London Regt (Queen Victoria's Rifles) |
7
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| 5th Bn London Regt (London Rifle Brigade) |
7
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6th Bn London Regt (Rifles) |
7
|
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| Leicestershire Regt |
7
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
6
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| 2nd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) |
6
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3rd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) |
6
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| Royal Scots Fusiliers |
6
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Australian Units |
6
|
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| North Staffordshire Regt |
6
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11th Bn London Regt (Finsbury Rifles) |
5
|
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| 12th Bn London Regt (The Rangers) |
5
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Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf |
5
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| Monmouthshire Regt |
5
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10th Bn London Regt (Hackney) |
5
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| 15th Bn London Regt (PWO Civil Service Rifles) |
5
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Tank Corps |
5
|
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| 28th Bn London Regt (Artists' Rifles) |
4
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Guards Machine Gun Corps |
5
|
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| Labour Corps |
4
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Army Cyclist Corps |
3
|
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| Honourable Artillery Coy |
3
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Hertfordshire Regt |
3
|
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| Cambridgeshire Regt |
3
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17th Bn London Regt (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) |
3
|
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| Royal Munster Fusiliers |
3
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Devonshire Regt |
3
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| Cameronians (Sco Rifles) |
3
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Queen Own Oxfordshire Hussars |
3
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| Royal Irish Rifles |
2
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13th Bn London Regt (Kensington) |
2
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| Royal Marine Artillery |
2
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Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry |
2
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| Northumberland Hussars |
2
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Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) |
2
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| Military Foot Police |
1
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Military Police Corps |
1
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| 16th Bn London Regt (Queens Westminster Rifles) |
1
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Wiltshire Regt |
1
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| 1st King Edward's Horse |
1
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Royal Naval Air Service |
1
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| 25th Bn London Regt (Cyclists) |
1
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Royal Air Force |
1
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| Royal Chaplain Dept |
1
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Warwickshire Yeomanry |
1
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| Royal Devon Yeomanry |
1
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5th Dragoon Guards |
1
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| Scottish Horse |
1
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Lovatt's Scouts |
1
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| 20th Bn London Regt (Blackheath & Woolwich) |
1
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| Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials |
3169
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| Unidentified UK Burials |
1
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| German burials |
65
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| Chinese Labour Corps |
3
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| Total Burials |
3238
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Information collated by Barry Cuttell |
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Those with awards buried/commemorated in this cemetery: AIRD, Cpl. J.D. D.C.M. 1st Canadian
Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.). 26/10/17. IX.D.18. BAYLISS, Maj. John Edwin . M.C. Mentioned in Despatches “A” Bty. 76th Army Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died of Wounds, 29th September 1917. Born; 17th March 1892, older son of the late John F. Bayliss, Deputy Town Clerk of Rhyl. Educated at Clwyd Street National School and Rhyl Intermediate School. University College, North Wales October 1909. Gained Bsc, 1st class honours in chemistry 1912 and worked in Scotland for Messrs Nobell (High explosive manufacturers). Obtained Dean Edwards prize (U.C.N.W.) June 1913 and University Studentship in 1914. Commissioned Temp 2nd Lt. from Officer Training Corps 2nd October 1914 into Royal Field Artillery. Temp. Lt. 17th August 1915, Act. Capt. 14th November 1916, Act. Major 8th March 1917. Mentioned in Despatches 18th May 1917. Awarded Military Cross 26th July 1917. Citation: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, in continuing for some hours to register the guns of his battery from an exposed position, where he was subjected to very heavy shell fire. He showed the greatest coolness and courage". VIII.E.1. BELL, Cpl. F.J. Mentioned in Despatches.
2nd Bn. Manchester Regt. 15/03/18. XIV.I.4. BELL, Cpl. F.J. Mentioned in Despatches.
2nd Bn. Manchester Regt. 15/03/18. XIV.I.4. BURTON, Pte. F.H. M.M. 10th Field
Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps. 15/10/17. XI.F.20. TOOMEY, Cpl. A. M.M. “B” Coy. 84th
Bde. Royal Field Artillery. 18/08/17. IV.B.3. Amongst others buried this cemetery
FLOWER, 2.Lt. Frederick Godfrey, 21st Sqdn Royal
Flying Corps and General List. Died 18th Dece,ber 1917. Age 23. Son of
The Rev. Frederick William. Flower and Caroline Decima Flower, of Rua
Dos Queimidos, 18/20 Villa Nova De Gaya, Portugal. Born at Oporto,
Portugal, Served as Cpl. in 103rd Bde Canadian Garrison Artillery. XV.
F. 20. His brother Lt. Alfred Chegwin Flower
also fell and is buried in Guards' Cemetery, Les Boeufs.
FRENCH, Lt. The Hon. E.A. 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers. Died of wounds 16/0/17. Age 22. Son of Arthur, 4th Baron De Freyne and Marie, Lady De Freyne of 48 Queen’s Gate, London and French Park, Co. Roscommon. III.I.18. LAMB, Gnr. J.W.O. 11th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 06/10/17. Son of O.R.and M.J. Lamb of Gosforth Park Nurseries, Newcastle-on-Tyne. The middle son of five, who after learning that his four brothers had volunteered, came home from America an volunteered also. VII.I.18. PENNY, 2nd Lt. B.W. 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers. 18/10/17. Age 22. Son of E.J. Penny, M.D., and A.S. penny of “Yiewsley”, Wolverton, Bucks. Educated at St. Edward’s School, Oxford and afterwards Theological Student at King’s College, London University. IV.B.17. PHILLIPS DE LISLE, Lt. A.C.N. March . 21st Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and 9th Bn. Leicestershire Regt. Killed in action 20/11/17. Age 20. Youngest son of the late E.J. March Phillips de Lisle, M.P., D.L., F.S.A., and A.H. March Phillips de Lisle. Native of Leicestershire. Wounded 1915 and 1916. IX.C.12. WOOD, Pte. R. J. 11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 06/12/17. Age 20. Son of Mary Ann Wood of 110 Cassland Road, South Hackney, London and the late William Wood. Born at Shoreditch, London. XIV. F. 2. His twin brother Rfm. William George Wood. also fell and is buried in Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, England.. Information collated by Barry Cuttell |
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