COLNE VALLEY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.88545 Longitude: 2.87822
Location Information
Boezinge is located north of the town of Ieper on the N369 road direction Diksmuide. The Cemetery is located in Kleinepoezelstraat East of the village. From the N369 turn right into Brugstraat, over the bridge and bear right into Langemarkseweg. Carry onto the crossroads and turn right into Kleinepoezelstraat. Carry straight on and the cemetery is on the right hand side 500 metres along this road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
For most of the First World War, the east side of the village of Boesinghe (now Boezinge) directly faced the German front line.
Colne Valley, Skipton Road and Huddersfield Road were names given to trenches by the 49th Division. Colne Valley Cemetery, a little south of Caesar's Nose, was begun by Territorial battalions of the West Riding Regiment of that division in July and August 1915. It remained in use until February 1916.
The cemetery contains 47 First World War burials. 30 of the graves are of officers and men of the West Riding Regiment.
Total Burials: 47.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 43.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 4.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Boezinge is located north of the town of Ieper on the N369 road direction Diksmuide. The Cemetery is located in Kleinepoezelstraat East of the village. From the N369 turn right into Brugstraat, over the bridge and bear right into Langemarkseweg. Carry onto the crossroads and turn right into Kleinepoezelstraat. Carry straight on and the cemetery is on the right hand side 500 metres along this road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
For most of the First World War, the east side of the village of Boesinghe (now Boezinge) directly faced the German front line.
Colne Valley, Skipton Road and Huddersfield Road were names given to trenches by the 49th Division. Colne Valley Cemetery, a little south of Caesar's Nose, was begun by Territorial battalions of the West Riding Regiment of that division in July and August 1915. It remained in use until February 1916.
The cemetery contains 47 First World War burials. 30 of the graves are of officers and men of the West Riding Regiment.
Total Burials: 47.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 43.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 4.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
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Two images by Werner van Caneghem showing the same headstone before and during renovation.
Captain
Maynard Percy Andrews, Mentioned in Despatches
"A" Coy. 4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
15th August 1915, aged 44.
Row C. 7.
Son of the Rev. Percy Andrews; husband of Charlotte J. Andrews, of Cricket Field Cottage, Harrow-on-the-Hill. M.A. Oxon. (Oriel College). School Master.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Personne Ne Peut Avoir Un Plus Grand Amour Que De Donner Sa Vie Pour Ses Amis." (French - translates to "Greater Love Hath No Man Than He Lay Down His Life For His Friends."
Maynard Percy Andrews, Mentioned in Despatches
"A" Coy. 4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
15th August 1915, aged 44.
Row C. 7.
Son of the Rev. Percy Andrews; husband of Charlotte J. Andrews, of Cricket Field Cottage, Harrow-on-the-Hill. M.A. Oxon. (Oriel College). School Master.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Personne Ne Peut Avoir Un Plus Grand Amour Que De Donner Sa Vie Pour Ses Amis." (French - translates to "Greater Love Hath No Man Than He Lay Down His Life For His Friends."
6/2619 Lance Corporal
John Middleton Morphet
1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
22nd August 1915.
Row C. 5.
John Middleton Morphet
1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
22nd August 1915.
Row C. 5.
6/3318 Private
Norman Smith
"A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
5th August 1915, aged 26.
Row C. 3.
Son of John and Mary Smith, of 20, Greenfield St., Broughton Rd., Skipton, Yorks.
Norman Smith
"A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
5th August 1915, aged 26.
Row C. 3.
Son of John and Mary Smith, of 20, Greenfield St., Broughton Rd., Skipton, Yorks.
The cemetery during extensive drainage work
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Battle of Pilckem Ridge. Stretcher bearers struggle in mud up to their knees to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe, 1 August 1917. Identified front, centre is Private Cecil Hawkins a stretcher bearer with 106 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps © IWM (Q 5935)
Battle of Pilckem Ridge. Royal Engineers carrying wood for a bridge across the Yser Canal. Note the mud and the wearing of waterproof sheets. Near Boesinghe, August 1917. © IWM (Q 5936)
British troops pose for a photograph on the remains of a German concrete pill box now being used as the roof of a British dug-out near Boesinghe, 28 January 1918. © IWM (Q 10633)
