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CANADA FARM CEMETERY

West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.88803 Longitude: 2.78162

Canada Farm Cemetery
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information

Canada Farm Cemetery is located 8.5 kilometres north-west of Ieper town centre, on the Elzendammestraat, a road leading from the Veurnseweg (N8) connecting Ieper to Elverdinge and on to Veurne.

From Ieper town centre the Veurnseweg (N8) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then turning right onto Haiglaan. Veurnseweg is a continuation of Haiglaan.

On reaching the village of Elverdinge the Steentjesmolenstraat, N333, leads towards Poperinge. 2 kilometres along the Steentjesmolenstraat lies the right hand turning onto Elzendammestraat. The cemetery itself is located 1 kilometre along the Elzendammestraat on the right hand side of the road.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via main entrance.  


Historical Information

Canada Farm Cemetery took its name from a farmhouse used as a dressing station during the 1917 Allied offensive on this front. Most of the burials are of men who died at the dressing station between June and October 1917.

There are now 909 First World War burials in the cemetery.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Arthur James Scott Hutton


Total Burials: 907.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 898, Canada 9. Total 907.
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​31161 Corporal 
James Llewellyn Davies V. C. 
"C" Coy. 13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died of Wounds 31st July 1917, aged 31.
Plot II Row B 18.

Son of John and Martha Davies, of Ogmore Vale; husband of Elizabeth Ann Darby (formerly Davies), of 8, Nantymoel Row, Nantymoel, Glam.

​His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By Wife And Family"



Citation

​An extract from the supplement to “London Gazette” N° 30272, dated 6th September 1917:“ For most conspicuous bravery during an attack on the enemy’s line, this non-commissioned officer pushed trough our own barrage and single-handed attacked a machine gun emplacement, after several men had been killed in attempting to take it. He bayoneted one of the machine gun crew and brought in another man, together with the captured gun. Cpl. Davies, although wounded, then led a bombing party to the assault of a defended house, and killed a sniper who was harassing his platoon. This gallant non-commissioned officer has since died of wounds received during the attack.”

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Grave of Lieutenant Colonel Eric Beresford Greer, MC, 3 times Mentioned in Despatches. 2nd Battalion Irish Guards at Canada Farm Cemetery. Killed in action, 31st July 1917. Now buried in Plot II. E. 2. © IWM Q 17635

Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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R.G.A. at Elverdinghe. Loading a 6 inch gun at night. 22nd August 1917 © IWM (Q 2768)
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​68269 Serjeant
Francis Gerald Batt
26th Bty. 17th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
19th September 1917, aged 23.
Plot III. C. 21.


Son of James and Kate Batt, of Fairhaven Cottage, Batheaston, Bath, Somerset.
Native of Bath.



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1430 Private
Stewart Bellows
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
14th August 1917, aged 19.
Plot II. F. 20.

His headstone bears the inscription: "Lord All-Pitying, Jesu Blest Grant Him Eternal Rest Amen"



Son of Robert and Honora Bellows.

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​225684 Corporal
Joseph Calderbank M. M., M. I. D.
309th Road Construction Coy. Royal Engineers
8th October 1917, aged 37.
Plot III. A. 34.

Husband of Edith Calderbank, of 32, School Lane, Upholland, Wigan.


Picture courtesy of grandson, David Johnson

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41726 Serjeant
Hugh Doherty
C Battery, 92 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
20th July 1917.
Plot I. E. 10.​

Picture and text below courtesy of Hugh's great nephew David Hargreaves

Serjeant Hugh Doherty was my Great Uncle and he was born in Salford in Manchester prior to  moving with his family to Swansea.  Sadly he was killed in Flanders at the age of 21. Before he joined the Army he was a junior reporter for the South Wales Evening Post in Swansea..  He was the beloved son of John (Jack) and Martha Anne (Annie) Doherty.  He was engaged to be married to his beloved Betty Jones of Mumbles Swansea. Betty never married after Hugh was killed and was a school teacher in the Mumbles area of Swansea all her life until retirement.

"Not dead, oh no! only gone before

To a beautiful land of rest

Where the ruthless pain shall disturb no more

The calm of a peaceful breast."

RIP Hugh xxx

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Major
A. E. B. Fair, M. I. D.
​"C" Bty. 122nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16th August 1917, aged 43.
Plot II. C. 1.

Son of Agnes E. and the late John Fair, of Wilderton, Bournemouth; husband of Madeline Fair, of Northway House, Tewkesbury, Glos. Served in the South African campaign.


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Second Lieutenant
William Miller Geggie
227th Machine Gun Corps
4th October 1917, aged 24.
Plot III. D. 5.

His headstone bears the inscription: "The Lord Hath Taken Him To Add More Beauty And A Diviner Grace"



Son of the Rev. and Mrs. A. Logan Geggie (nee Janet Miller), of 14, Harvard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Born at Truro, Nova Scotia.

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Major 
Alan Edmonstoune Greenshields-Leadbetter, Mentioned in Despatches
L Battery, 15th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
4th August 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. E. 22.

Son of Thomas Greenshields-Leadbetter, of Spital Tower, Denholm, Co. Roxburghshire.



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Second Lieutenant
Selwyn Ivatts, M. C.
"B" Bty. 93rd Army Bde. Royal Field Artillery
8th October 1917, aged 23.
Plot III. D. 9.


Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Ivatts.


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33110 Corporal
Robert John Riches
"Z" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
19th October 1917, aged 36.
Plot III. E. 11.

His headstone bears the inscription: "Bravely He Fought And Nobly He Died R. I. P."

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Son of Edward and Sarah Riches; husband of Agnes H. Riches, of Fox Cottages, Stanningfield, Bury St. Edmund's. Native of Wrentham, Suffolk.

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A working party of British troops going up to the forward area by light railway, Elverdinghe, near Ypres, February 1917. © IWM (Q 1695)

Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos

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Battle of Pilckem Ridge 31 July - 2 August: The first wounded to come in lying on the ground at a farm at Elverdinghe. An observation balloon is rising in the background. © IWM (Q 2632)
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British camp near Elverdinghe, 11 November 1915. Note shelter trenches for use in event of bombardment. © IWM (Q 80064)
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Cavalry marching past Vlamertinghe towards Ypres, July 1915. © IWM Q 50242

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