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10 more pictures added to St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery was begun in February 1915 by the 46th (North Midland) Division and continued to be used by the divisions holding the sector until it fell into German hands with the capture of Wulverghem in April 1918. The village and cemetery were recovered in September, but only two further burials were made. There are 460 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery. 
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9 more pictures added to St. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. There are 420 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 180 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to 11 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.  12 more pictures added to Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate in Ieper, Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery is by the Lille Gate, on top of the old rampart, over what had been dug-outs. It was begun by French troops in November 1914 and used by Commonwealth units at intervals from February 1915 to April 1918. The cemetery contains 198 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The French graves have been removed.  15 more pictures added to Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) in Belgium courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery contains 2,459 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 430 of the burials are unidentified and 261 casualties are represented by special memorials. Other special memorials record the names of 72 casualties buried in Valley Cottages and Transport Farm Annexe Cemeteries whose graves were destroyed in later fighting.  10 more pictures added to Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. There are 584 Commonwealth burials of the First World War within the cemetery.  12 more pictures added to Prowse Point Military Cemetery in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery was begun by the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the 1st Royal Warwicks, and was used from November 1914 to April 1918. It contains 231 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.  12 more pictures added to Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The Old Military Cemetery contains 450 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 24 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to seven casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The graves of about 800 French and Belgian soldiers and nearly 500 civilians were removed from the cemetery after the Armistice. For the most part, the civilians died in an epidemic of typhoid at the end of 1914, and were buried from an emergency hospital housed in a neighbouring chateau.  8 more pictures added to Poperinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The Cemetery contains 677 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 271 French war graves. It also includes 17 "Shot at Dawn" burials.  15 more pictures added to Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave. The memorial serves the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton to the north, to Haverskerque-Estaires-Fournes to the south, including the towns of Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleul and Armentieres, the Forest of Nieppe, and Ploegsteert Wood.  14 more pictures added to Perth Cemetery (China Wall) in Belgium courtesy of Geerhard Joos.There are 2,791 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,369 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 27 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials bear the names of 104 casualties buried in the cemeteries concentrated here, whose graves could not be found.  |
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