VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY
CEMETERY
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Leave Ieper by taking the Elverdingsestraat, then over two roundabouts in J. Capronstraat, the Poperingseweg is a continuation of this road and begins after the railway crossing. Continue to the village of Vlamertinge and the cemetery is located on Hospitaalstraat, which is second right after the village church.
This cemetery was started by French troops in 1914. The cemetery was then used by Field Ambulances and fighting units until June 1917, when the cemetery was closed and the New Military Cemetery opened.
Victoria Cross: Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell, VC, 9th Lancers, died of wounds 24/05/1915, Plot 2. B.14.
Shot at Dawn: Driver A. Lamb 21st Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, executed for desertion, 02/10/1915,
plot 2. E. 12.
Private A. Rickman, 1st Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, executed for desertion 15/09/1916, plot IV. D. 7.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 1112; Canada 54; Australia 4; South Africa 2; India 3; Germany 3; Total Burials:1178
356676 Private
Adrian Kingsley Dorrity
1st/10th Bn. The King's
(Liverpool Regiment) - Liverpool Scottish
20/04/1917, aged 21.
Son of George Alexander Dorrity, a bookkeeper and his wife Margaret Ellen (nee Thomas). His mother wrote of his death in the family Bible, “My youngest and dearly loved boy.”
Plot VI. G. 4.
Picture courtesy of Jackie Wilson, his great niece.
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