ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.81089 Longitude: 2.85973
Location Information
Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery is located 5 km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Kemmelseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Kemmel (N331).
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing).
The cemetery lies 4 Km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by an alternative entrance.
Historical Information
This cemetery is named from a brewery which stood opposite and is in fact a collection of small regimental burial grounds, of which Plot III in particular was made by the 22nd Bn Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt). The eight plots are numbered neither in order of date nor in order of position, and the short rows vary from one grave to fourteen, but they record the names of the units which held the trenches on this front from February 1915 to June 1917, and of some of those which, from June to November 1917, held the forward line won in the Battle of Messines.
Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery contains 149 First World War burials.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Total Burials: 149.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 103, Canada 41. Total 144.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 5.
Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery is located 5 km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Kemmelseweg, a road connecting Ieper to Kemmel (N331).
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing).
The cemetery lies 4 Km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by an alternative entrance.
Historical Information
This cemetery is named from a brewery which stood opposite and is in fact a collection of small regimental burial grounds, of which Plot III in particular was made by the 22nd Bn Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regt). The eight plots are numbered neither in order of date nor in order of position, and the short rows vary from one grave to fourteen, but they record the names of the units which held the trenches on this front from February 1915 to June 1917, and of some of those which, from June to November 1917, held the forward line won in the Battle of Messines.
Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery contains 149 First World War burials.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Total Burials: 149.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 103, Canada 41. Total 144.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 5.
Soldiers, mules and carts stopped on a street in the ruined village of Voormezeele. August 1917.
Soldiers bathing in the pond of a farm near St. Eloi, 10 June 1917. © IWM Q 5500
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
21st October 1916. Aerial photograph taken by 6 Sqdn. 2nd Wing, RFC of the area around Elzenwalle. The current site of the cemetery is clearly visible. Plotting reference: 28H 36c Key feature: Elzenwalle © IWM (BOX 23-985-6B-28H-1916)
62044 Private
Alexis Lebeau
22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry, (Quebec Regiment)
29th April 1916, aged 27.
Plot III. D. 9.
Pictures courtesy of great niece, Sonia Roberts
Alexis Lebeau
22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry, (Quebec Regiment)
29th April 1916, aged 27.
Plot III. D. 9.
Pictures courtesy of great niece, Sonia Roberts
Captain
Henry Bertram Stokoe
"A" Coy. 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
12th October 1915, aged 21.
Plot IV. A. 8.
Son of Henry Robert Stokoe, M.A., of Park House, Tonbridge, Kent, and the late Annie Ethel Stokoe.
Henry Bertram Stokoe
"A" Coy. 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
12th October 1915, aged 21.
Plot IV. A. 8.
Son of Henry Robert Stokoe, M.A., of Park House, Tonbridge, Kent, and the late Annie Ethel Stokoe.
German shell bursting near Chateau Segard, Voormezeele, 30th April 1916. © IWM Q 548
The ruins of Chateau Segard, near Voormezeele, 30th April 1916. © IWM Q 546
The 55th Australian Siege Battery in action with 9.2 inch howitzer near Voormezeele. Camouflage netting screens the emplacement. © IWM (E(AUS) 694)
