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BEVEREN (IJZER) CHURCHYARD
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West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium


GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.93882 Longitude: 2.64188
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Location Information

Beveren-Ijzer churchyard is located 25 Km north-west of Ieper town centre on the N364, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to
 Poperinge and on to Roesbrugge.

From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then directly over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing.
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On reaching the ring road of Poperinge (R33) Europalaan, the left hand clockwise route circles the town of Poperinge and rejoins the N308 towards Oost-Cappel. 13 km after rejoining the N308 lies the village of Roesbrugge.
Shortly after leaving the village of Roesbrugge lies the right hand turning onto the N364 Roesbruggestraat. 3.5 km along the N364 lies the village of Beveren-Ijzer. The cemetery is located next to the church on the Sint Brigida-plein.


Historical Information

Beveren-Ijzer Churchyard contains the graves of 20 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War and eight Second World War burials (two of them unidentified). All the Second War burials date from May 1940 and the withdrawal to Dunkirk ahead of the German advance.
 
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Regimental Breakdown details: (Courtesy of Barry Cuttell)
Royal Field Artillery 6 
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3 
Royal Garrison Artillery 3 
Army Service Corps 1 
King's Own Scottish Borderers 1 
Leicestershire Regiment 1 
Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1 
Royal Engineers 1 
Royal Scots 1 
Royal Scots Fusiliers 1 
Training Reserve 1 
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Total Burials: 28.

World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 20.

World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6. 

World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 2. 

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World War One Burials

Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem

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Second Lieutenant
Herbert Wilson Leitham
5th Bn. attached to 8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
17th October 1918, aged 19.

Son of John Leitham, M.A., and Eleanora S. L. Mclntosh or Leitham. Born at St. Madoes, Glencarse, Perthshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "Science Student At St. Andrews University They Denied Themselves"



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200423 Private
William Robertson MacGregor
8th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
3rd October 1918.



World War Two Burials

Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
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​5180013 Corporal
Cecil Winfield
2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
19th May 1940, aged 29.

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Son of Edwin and Ellen Winfield, of Witney, Oxfordshire; husband of Marian Winfield, of Witney.

His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P". 


All images courtesy of Mark Winfield (Grandson)



Pictures in gallery below © Geerhard Joos

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