DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
Location Information
Dranoutre Military Cemetery 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 (previously Dranoutre). 50 metres before Dranouter village lies a right hand turning into a semi residential area.
The Cemetery is located 50 metres after this turning on the left hand side of the road.
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.
Dranoutre Churchyard was used for Commonwealth burials from October 1914 to July 1915 when the military cemetery was begun. It was used by fighting units and field ambulances until March 1918 (Plots I and II), many of the burials being carried out by the 72nd Brigade (24th Division) in April-June 1916, and Plot III was added in September and October 1918. In 1923, 19 graves were moved into Plot II Row K from the churchyard when the church was rebuilt.
Dranoutre Military Cemetery now contains 458 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also one German war grave.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden.
Casualty Details: UK 422; Canada 19; Australia 16; New Zealand 1; Germany 1; Total Burials: 459.
Dranoutre Military Cemetery 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 (previously Dranoutre). 50 metres before Dranouter village lies a right hand turning into a semi residential area.
The Cemetery is located 50 metres after this turning on the left hand side of the road.
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.
Dranoutre Churchyard was used for Commonwealth burials from October 1914 to July 1915 when the military cemetery was begun. It was used by fighting units and field ambulances until March 1918 (Plots I and II), many of the burials being carried out by the 72nd Brigade (24th Division) in April-June 1916, and Plot III was added in September and October 1918. In 1923, 19 graves were moved into Plot II Row K from the churchyard when the church was rebuilt.
Dranoutre Military Cemetery now contains 458 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also one German war grave.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden.
Casualty Details: UK 422; Canada 19; Australia 16; New Zealand 1; Germany 1; Total Burials: 459.
28052 Private
Samuel Isaac Machin
12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, (Notts and Derby Regiment)
5th July 1916.
Plot II. F. 6.
Late of Bolsover, Derbyshire.
Picture courtesy of granddaughter Wendy
Samuel Isaac Machin
12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, (Notts and Derby Regiment)
5th July 1916.
Plot II. F. 6.
Late of Bolsover, Derbyshire.
Picture courtesy of granddaughter Wendy
23035 Private
Adam Nicholl
7th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
25th June 1917, aged 36.
Plot II. J. 6.
Son of John and Annie Nicholl, of Burnley.
Adam Nicholl
7th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
25th June 1917, aged 36.
Plot II. J. 6.
Son of John and Annie Nicholl, of Burnley.
G/830 Private
Percy Phillips
8th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
30th April 1916, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 1.
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Phillips, of 25, Totton Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey. Native of Croydon.
Percy Phillips
8th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
30th April 1916, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 1.
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Phillips, of 25, Totton Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey. Native of Croydon.
3205 Gunner
Leslie William Tynan
12th A. F. A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery
21st March 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. K. 11.
Son of Richard and Annie Elizabeth Tynan, of Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia.
Leslie William Tynan, in the uniform of a pre-war light horse regiment. A miner from Mt Morgan, Queensland, Leslie Tynan later enlisted with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, in June 1916, as 3205 Private (Pte) Leslie William Tynan. He then transferred to the 12th Field Artillery Brigade in January 1918. He was serving with the 112th Howitzer Battery near Dranoutre, Belgium, when he was killed in action on 21 March 1918.
Leslie William Tynan
12th A. F. A. Bde. Australian Field Artillery
21st March 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. K. 11.
Son of Richard and Annie Elizabeth Tynan, of Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia.
Leslie William Tynan, in the uniform of a pre-war light horse regiment. A miner from Mt Morgan, Queensland, Leslie Tynan later enlisted with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, in June 1916, as 3205 Private (Pte) Leslie William Tynan. He then transferred to the 12th Field Artillery Brigade in January 1918. He was serving with the 112th Howitzer Battery near Dranoutre, Belgium, when he was killed in action on 21 March 1918.
Shot at Dawn
17402 Private, Frederick Broadrick, 11th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, executed for desertion on 1st August 1917. Plot II. J. 24.
17402 Private, Frederick Broadrick, 11th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, executed for desertion on 1st August 1917. Plot II. J. 24.
Picture © Geerhard Joos
