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DRANOUTER CHURCHYARD

West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.76632 Longitude: 2.78286

Dranouter Churchyard
Location Information

Dranouter Churchyard is located 11.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Dikkebusseweg (N375).

From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J.Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M.Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg.

On passing through the village of Dikkebus the road continues for 6 kilometres to the village of Loker. Continuing through the village of Loker, the road becomes Dikkebusstraat which runs for 2 kilometres to the village of Dranouter. The church and churchyard are located in the centre of the village.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.


Historical Information

Dranoutre (now Dranouter) was occupied by the 1st Cavalry Division on 14 October 1914. It was captured by the Germans on 25 April 1918, in spite of the stubborn resistance of the 154th French Division, and it was recaptured by the 30th Division on 30 August 1918.

Dranouter Churchyard was used for Commonwealth burials from October 1914 and July 1915 when the military cemetery was begun. In 1923, 19 graves were moved from the churchyard to the military cemetery when the church was rebuilt. 

Dranouter Churchyard contains 79 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.


Total Burials: 80.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 77, Belgium (Civilian) 1. Total 78.

Unidentified Casualty: 2.

​Commonwealth plot designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw


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Pictures in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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4. 7-inch gun position behind Lindenhoek Ridge, near Dranoutre. Early January 1915. © IWM Q 53108
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10521 Private
George G. Allman
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
10th February 1915.
Plot II. A. 15.


Son of James Allman, of 70, Elizabeth Street, Macclesfield. His brother, Frank, also of the Cheshire Regiment, died on service.

Picture
5618 Serjeant
George Alfred Garland Babbage
1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
18th February 1915.
Plot II. B. 3.



Picture
2001 Private
Seth Bond
"D" Company, 1st/5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
15th March 1915, aged 26.
​Plot II. A. 18.


Son of Braithwaite and Margaret Bond, of Fleetwood, Lancs.

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Lieutenant 
Leslie Hall Douglas
2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers 
9th July 1915, aged 27.
Plot VI. 6.

Son of John and Dorothy Jane Douglas, of 33, Brighton Grove, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Rest, Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away."


Picture
Lieutenant
Charles Hugh Ellwood
1st/4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
1st June 1915, aged 27.
Plot VI. 4.


Son of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur and Mrs Caroline Ellwood, of Mareham-le-Fen, Boston, Lincolnshire.

Charles was born on 2nd December 1887 at Marham-le-Fen, Lincolnshire. 

Arrived France last day Feb (or 1 March) 1915 (Battn moved over two days).
Killed by sniper whilst in front-line trench in the Kemmel Sector in Belgium, circa 9pm 1 June 1915.​

​His headstone bears the inscription "In Ever Loving Memory" 

​Charles, we are keeping your memory alive; Sleep on........

Picture courtesy of Stewart Scott 

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Lieutenant 
Kenneth Rowley Forde

3rd Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
23rd July 1915, aged 28.
Plot VI. 7.

Son of Canon Forde, LL. D., and Mrs. Forde, of 18, Salisbury Terrace, Poltrush, Co. Antrim.



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Second Lieutenant
Wilfrid Armstrong Fox
1st/4th Lincolnshire Regiment
29th July 1915, aged 22.
Plot VI. 16.

Son of George and Mary H. Fox, of West St., Horncastle, Lincs.

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Lieutenant
Douglas Edward Gosling
1st N. Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
20th May 1915, aged 21.
Plot VI. 3.

Son of Howard and Nellie Gosling, of "Courtlands," Oxford Rd., Moseley, Birmingham.

Picture
Second Lieutenant
Douglas Lennox Harvey
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
3rd November 1914, aged 22.
Plot III. D. 1.

Son of Edward Douglas Lennox Harvey and Constance Annie Harvey, of Beedingwood, Horsham, Sussex.

His headstone bears the inscription "For God For King And Country"



Picture
Lieutenant
Robert Horridge
4th Bn. attached to 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment
17th November 1914, aged 26.
Plot III. B. 1.

Son of Alice M. Horridge, of 19, Glade St., Park Rd., Bolton, and the late Albert Horridge. B.A.

His headstone bears the inscription "All For King And Country"


Picture
9509 Serjeant
John Ernest Joyce
2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
9th March 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. B. 11.


Son of Edwin and Leah Joyce, of 1, Sartoris Rd., Rushden, Northants.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"

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Lieutenant
Kenneth Musgrave
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry attached to 172 Company, Royal Engineers
22nd March 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. A. 20.

Son of Alfred Simeon Joseph Musgrave and Alice Kate Musgrave, of "Farcliffe," Manningham, Bradford, Yorks.

Picture
Lieutenant
Basil Lee Nicholson
(North Midland Division) Royal Field Artillery
24th July 1915, aged 24.
Plot VI. 8.

Son of Sir Arthur Nicholson, Kt., and Lady Nicholson, of Highfield Hall, Leek, Staffs.

His headstone bears the inscription "Third Son Of Sir Arthur & Lady Nicholson Of Leek, Staffordshire"



Picture
Captain
Basil John Orlebar
3rd Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
15th January 1915, aged 39.
Plot II. A. 1.

Son of John Orlebar, of Silsoe, Beds; husband of Barbara F. Orlebar, of The Dene, Triangle, Yorks.

His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give To Him O Lord"


Picture
Captain
Robert John Charles Otter
2nd Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
15th February 1915, aged 34.
Plot II. B. 2.

Son of Robert Charles and M. E. Otter, of Royston Manor, Clayworth, Retford, Notts; husband of Gwendoline Ethel Berners (formerly Otter). Served in the South African Campaign.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Gallant Englishman and a Gallant Sportsman"


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Lieutenant
Norman Ramsay
4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish), formerly Royal Field Artillery
13th November 1914, aged 34.
Plot III. D. 2.

Son of Mrs. Florence M. Ramsay, of Cams Hall, Fareham, Hants.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Part Of Our Life's Unalterable Good. J.R.Lowell."




Picture
Second Lieutenant 
Geoffrey Staniland
1st/4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
13th April 1915, aged 34.
Plot VI. 1.

Son of Robert William Staniland, of Hussey House, Boston, Lincs; husband of Millicent E. Staniland, of The Abbey House, Louth, Lincs.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "The Lord Bless Thee And Keep Thee."


Picture
Second Lieutenant
George Heremon Wyndham
3rd Bn. Devonshire Regiment, attd. 2nd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
​24th March 1915.
Plot II. B. 16.



Two images of Dranouter from a similar angle, taken 2 years apart. The devastation wrought in the intervening 2 years is obvious, Dranouter church and churchyard is within the square created by the roads at bottom right.
Picture
26th September 1916; Plotting reference: 28M 35 Key feature: Locre-Dranoutre Road. © IWM (BOX 163-255-53B-28M-1918)
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10th August 1918; Plotting reference: 28M 35 Key feature: Locre-Dranoutre Road. The remains of the church can be seen bottom right of the image. © IWM (BOX 163-255-53B-28M-1918)
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A British supply column passing through the village of Dranouter, probably in August 1918. Note the ruins of the church in the background. © IWM (Q 61317)

Images in this gallery Geerhard Joos

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