DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.84918 Longitude: 3.08774
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Dadizeele New British Cemetery is located 16 km east of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the N8 Meenseweg, connecting Ieper to Menen via Geluwe. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and then right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. 12 km along the N8 lies the village of Geluwe and the left hand turning onto the Nieuwstraat (later called Derdeansiersstraat, towards Dadizele). 5 km along this road lies the village of Dadizele. The cemetery is located 100 metres after the left hand turning at the junction with Geluwestraat and Beselarestraat, in the village of Dadizele.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible, but may be by an alternative entrance.
Historical Information
The village of Dadizeele (now Dadizele) was in German hands for much of the First World War until reached by the 36th (Ulster) Division, and taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division, on 29 September 1918. Severe fighting followed on 1 October, at Hill 41, a little south of the village.
Dadizeele New British Cemetery is in fact an extension of the communal cemetery. It was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds and from the battlefields of 1918, although there are a few 1914 graves in Plot VI, Row D.
The following were burial grounds from which Commonwealth graves were transferred to Dadizeele New British Cemetery:-
BLACK WATCH CEMETERY, LEDEGHEM, between St. Pieter and Hennekot: 34 of 9th Division (mainly 8th Royal Highlanders), who fell 14th October 1918.
DEERLYCK GERMAN CEMETERY, about 100 metres East of the Communal Cemetery: 2 from United Kingdom, who fell October 1918.
MANSARD FARM CEMETERY, DADIZEELE, between Vijfwegen and Kezelberg: 39 from United Kingdom, all but one 36th Division, October to November 1918.
MOLENHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BECELAERE, at South-East corner of hamlet of Molenhoek: 36th Division buried 41 from United Kingdom, September to October 1918, alongside a large German Cemetery.
RAILWAY CROSSING CEMETERY, DADIZEELE, on the Dadizeelehoek Klephoek road, 100 metres West of "Teofani" railway crossing, by "Kirton Farm": 18 of 9th and 36th Divisions, fell 14th October 1918.
TERHAND GERMAN CEMETERY, GHELUWE, 100 metres South of Terhand: 28 from United Kingdom, October 1918, mainly 36th and 35th Divisions.
TOWNSEND FARM CEMETERY, LEDEGHEM, on left of railway 500 metres North of Ledeghem station: 12 from United Kingdom and six from Newfoundland, all 9th Division, September to October 1918.
WATERDAMHOEK GERMAN CEMETERY, MOORSLEDE, 300 metres West of Waterdamhoek: 29 from United Kingdom and 9 from Newfoundland, all 9th Division, October 1918.
The cemetery contains 1,029 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 158 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to seven casualties known or believed to be buried in the cemetery. Other special memorials bear the names of three soldiers buried in German cemeteries, whose graves could not be found on concentration.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Total Burials: 1,029.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 852, Canada 19. Total 871.
Unidentified Casualties: 158. Total 158.
Dedications
35284 Private W. Barton, 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment, 14th October 1918. Father of Miss B. M. Barton, of 147, Well St., Hockley, Birmingham.
Remembered with pride by his great-niece’s Angela Forrest and Doreen Holder and his great great-niece’s husband Andy Gerencser and many more in the family tree.
Dadizeele New British Cemetery is located 16 km east of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the N8 Meenseweg, connecting Ieper to Menen via Geluwe. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and then right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. 12 km along the N8 lies the village of Geluwe and the left hand turning onto the Nieuwstraat (later called Derdeansiersstraat, towards Dadizele). 5 km along this road lies the village of Dadizele. The cemetery is located 100 metres after the left hand turning at the junction with Geluwestraat and Beselarestraat, in the village of Dadizele.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible, but may be by an alternative entrance.
Historical Information
The village of Dadizeele (now Dadizele) was in German hands for much of the First World War until reached by the 36th (Ulster) Division, and taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division, on 29 September 1918. Severe fighting followed on 1 October, at Hill 41, a little south of the village.
Dadizeele New British Cemetery is in fact an extension of the communal cemetery. It was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds and from the battlefields of 1918, although there are a few 1914 graves in Plot VI, Row D.
The following were burial grounds from which Commonwealth graves were transferred to Dadizeele New British Cemetery:-
BLACK WATCH CEMETERY, LEDEGHEM, between St. Pieter and Hennekot: 34 of 9th Division (mainly 8th Royal Highlanders), who fell 14th October 1918.
DEERLYCK GERMAN CEMETERY, about 100 metres East of the Communal Cemetery: 2 from United Kingdom, who fell October 1918.
MANSARD FARM CEMETERY, DADIZEELE, between Vijfwegen and Kezelberg: 39 from United Kingdom, all but one 36th Division, October to November 1918.
MOLENHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BECELAERE, at South-East corner of hamlet of Molenhoek: 36th Division buried 41 from United Kingdom, September to October 1918, alongside a large German Cemetery.
RAILWAY CROSSING CEMETERY, DADIZEELE, on the Dadizeelehoek Klephoek road, 100 metres West of "Teofani" railway crossing, by "Kirton Farm": 18 of 9th and 36th Divisions, fell 14th October 1918.
TERHAND GERMAN CEMETERY, GHELUWE, 100 metres South of Terhand: 28 from United Kingdom, October 1918, mainly 36th and 35th Divisions.
TOWNSEND FARM CEMETERY, LEDEGHEM, on left of railway 500 metres North of Ledeghem station: 12 from United Kingdom and six from Newfoundland, all 9th Division, September to October 1918.
WATERDAMHOEK GERMAN CEMETERY, MOORSLEDE, 300 metres West of Waterdamhoek: 29 from United Kingdom and 9 from Newfoundland, all 9th Division, October 1918.
The cemetery contains 1,029 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 158 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to seven casualties known or believed to be buried in the cemetery. Other special memorials bear the names of three soldiers buried in German cemeteries, whose graves could not be found on concentration.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Total Burials: 1,029.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 852, Canada 19. Total 871.
Unidentified Casualties: 158. Total 158.
Dedications
35284 Private W. Barton, 4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment, 14th October 1918. Father of Miss B. M. Barton, of 147, Well St., Hockley, Birmingham.
Remembered with pride by his great-niece’s Angela Forrest and Doreen Holder and his great great-niece’s husband Andy Gerencser and many more in the family tree.
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
Belgian refugees being taken to the rear in Army Service Corps horse-drawn wagons. Rollegem-Kapelle, near Ledegem, 20 October 1918. Rollegem-Kapelle was entered by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 14th October. © IWM Q 11392
42024 Private
George Stickler
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
1st October 1918, aged 19.
Plot IV. A. 28.
Inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
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Son of Albert and Henrietta Stickler, of 21, Radlix Rd., Leyton, London.
Picture courtesy of Brian Barker (Great Nephew)
George Stickler
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
1st October 1918, aged 19.
Plot IV. A. 28.
Inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
Click on image to enlarge
Son of Albert and Henrietta Stickler, of 21, Radlix Rd., Leyton, London.
Picture courtesy of Brian Barker (Great Nephew)
43501 Private
Frederick Streather
9th (North Irish Horse) Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
11th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot II. C. 18.
Son of Charles Herbert and Elizabeth Streather, of Heathfield Cottage, Walsall Rd., Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
Frederick Streather
9th (North Irish Horse) Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
11th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot II. C. 18.
Son of Charles Herbert and Elizabeth Streather, of Heathfield Cottage, Walsall Rd., Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
3334 Driver
E. J. Wakeham
119th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
17th October 1918.
Plot I. E. 36.
E. J. Wakeham
119th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
17th October 1918.
Plot I. E. 36.
c. 1917 - Panoramic view of the battlefield southeast of Passchendaele from Moorseele to Dadizeele (Dadizele), taken from Broodseinde Ridge. In the foreground the wreckage of a wood is bisected by a tangle of barbed wire. In the distance are several farms and the spire of Ledeghem (Ledegem) church.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Belgian civilians, including children, and British troops of the 36th Division in recaptured Gullegem (on 15 October), 19 October 1918. Note dead horses on the left. © IWM Q 11389
Battle of Courtrai. The result of a direct hit on a 10.5 (105mm) FH98/09 howitzer. Moorseele 14th October 1918. © IWM (Q7116)
15th October 1918; Battle of Courtrai. Belgian Army horse-drawn transport wagon embedded in the mud near Moorseele, 15 October 1918. © IWM Q 7114
