CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
Location Information
Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery is located 16 km from Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the N365, connecting Ieper to Wijtschate, Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres.
From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. 2 km after passing through the village of Ploegsteert lies the left hand turning onto Witteweg (Chemin de la Blanche). The cemetery lies 2 km along the Witteweg on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
This cemetery was established beside a building known as Essex House and is an example of a regimental cemetery, many of which were made in 1914 and 1915.
It was begun in November 1914 by the 2nd Essex and 2nd Monmouthshire Regiments (Rows A to M of Plot I), continued by the 9th Royal Fusiliers and the 11th Middlesex Regiment (Plot I, Row 0), the 7th Suffolk and 9th Essex Regiments (Plot II), the 6th Buffs (Plot III), and the 1/7th and 1/8th Worcestershire Regiment (Plot IV, Rows A to C). Apart from two later burials, the cemetery was completed by the 11th Queen's Royal West Surrey and 10th Royal West Kent Regiments in June and July 1916. It was in German hands from 10 April to 29 September 1918.
There are now 218 First World War burials in the cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 218; Total Burials: 218.
Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery is located 16 km from Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the N365, connecting Ieper to Wijtschate, Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres.
From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. 2 km after passing through the village of Ploegsteert lies the left hand turning onto Witteweg (Chemin de la Blanche). The cemetery lies 2 km along the Witteweg on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
This cemetery was established beside a building known as Essex House and is an example of a regimental cemetery, many of which were made in 1914 and 1915.
It was begun in November 1914 by the 2nd Essex and 2nd Monmouthshire Regiments (Rows A to M of Plot I), continued by the 9th Royal Fusiliers and the 11th Middlesex Regiment (Plot I, Row 0), the 7th Suffolk and 9th Essex Regiments (Plot II), the 6th Buffs (Plot III), and the 1/7th and 1/8th Worcestershire Regiment (Plot IV, Rows A to C). Apart from two later burials, the cemetery was completed by the 11th Queen's Royal West Surrey and 10th Royal West Kent Regiments in June and July 1916. It was in German hands from 10 April to 29 September 1918.
There are now 218 First World War burials in the cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 218; Total Burials: 218.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
120 Company Quartermaster Serjeant
W. J. Allsopp
1st/2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
17th March 1915, aged 39.
Plot I. K. 2.
Husband of Mabel Ellen Allsopp, of Commercial St., Pontnewydd, Newport, Mon.
W. J. Allsopp
1st/2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
17th March 1915, aged 39.
Plot I. K. 2.
Husband of Mabel Ellen Allsopp, of Commercial St., Pontnewydd, Newport, Mon.
2295 Private
Raymond Henry Cole
2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
23rd November 1914, aged 19.
Plot I. C. 4.
Son of Ebenezer and Mary Ann Cole, of 12, Woodland St., Cwmbran, Mon.
Raymond Henry Cole
2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
23rd November 1914, aged 19.
Plot I. C. 4.
Son of Ebenezer and Mary Ann Cole, of 12, Woodland St., Cwmbran, Mon.
3/3105 Corporal
John Tippins
2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
26th November 1914, aged 27.
Plot I. C. 6.
Son of Luke R. and Rose A. Tippins, of Mistley, Essex. A noted rifle shot and member of Empire Team. Born at Winsford, Somerset.
John Tippins
2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
26th November 1914, aged 27.
Plot I. C. 6.
Son of Luke R. and Rose A. Tippins, of Mistley, Essex. A noted rifle shot and member of Empire Team. Born at Winsford, Somerset.
Cemetery pictures in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
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