FIRST D. C. L. I. CEMETERY
The Bluff
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.8209 Longitude: 2.91325
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
First DCLI Cemetery is located 4 km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Verbrandemolenstraat a road leading from the Komenseweg, connecting Ieper to Komen (N336).
From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto Komenseweg.
2.5 km along the Komenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Vaartstraat. 900 metres along the Vaartstraat lies the left hand turning onto the Verbrandemolenstraat. 400 metres along the Verbrandemolenstraat a short distance from the road is the cemetery.
Visiting Information
Visitors to this site should note the 100 metre grassed access path leading to this cemetery which is not accessible by vehicle.
Historical Information
The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War.
The trenches of the 14th (Light) Division on the narrow ridge known as the Bluff were captured by the Germans in February 1916, and retaken by the 3rd Division on 2 March. In the following July the Germans blew a mine under it, but failed to capture the ground. It was given up in the spring of 1918, but regained by the 14th Division on 28 September.
The First D.C.L.I. Cemetery dates from a period earlier than the fighting of 1916. It contains the graves of officers and men of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (one of whom had just obtained a commission in another Regiment) and other soldiers, all of whom died in April-July 1915. Row D was added after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield.
The cemetery now contains 76 First World War burials, 13 of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.
Total Burials: 76.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 63.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 13.
First DCLI Cemetery is located 4 km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Verbrandemolenstraat a road leading from the Komenseweg, connecting Ieper to Komen (N336).
From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto Komenseweg.
2.5 km along the Komenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Vaartstraat. 900 metres along the Vaartstraat lies the left hand turning onto the Verbrandemolenstraat. 400 metres along the Verbrandemolenstraat a short distance from the road is the cemetery.
Visiting Information
Visitors to this site should note the 100 metre grassed access path leading to this cemetery which is not accessible by vehicle.
Historical Information
The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War.
The trenches of the 14th (Light) Division on the narrow ridge known as the Bluff were captured by the Germans in February 1916, and retaken by the 3rd Division on 2 March. In the following July the Germans blew a mine under it, but failed to capture the ground. It was given up in the spring of 1918, but regained by the 14th Division on 28 September.
The First D.C.L.I. Cemetery dates from a period earlier than the fighting of 1916. It contains the graves of officers and men of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (one of whom had just obtained a commission in another Regiment) and other soldiers, all of whom died in April-July 1915. Row D was added after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield.
The cemetery now contains 76 First World War burials, 13 of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.
Total Burials: 76.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 63.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 13.
Captain
Gilbert Jocelyn Basil Fazakerley-Westby
1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
21st April 1915, aged 32.
Row D. 13.
Only son of Capt. Fazakerley-Westby, D.L., J.P., and Beatrix Fazakerley-Westby, of Mowbreck Cottage, Victoria Avenue, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Late of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancs.
Gilbert's headstone can be seen in the gallery below by Werner Van Caneghem.
Gilbert Jocelyn Basil Fazakerley-Westby
1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
21st April 1915, aged 32.
Row D. 13.
Only son of Capt. Fazakerley-Westby, D.L., J.P., and Beatrix Fazakerley-Westby, of Mowbreck Cottage, Victoria Avenue, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Late of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, Lancs.
Gilbert's headstone can be seen in the gallery below by Werner Van Caneghem.
7338 Serjeant
Christopher Garstin
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
20th June 1915.
Row A. 16.
Christopher Garstin
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
20th June 1915.
Row A. 16.
5026 Private
Daniel Glassman
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
15th June 1915.
Row C. 14.
Daniel's headstone can be seen in the gallery above.
Daniel Glassman
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
15th June 1915.
Row C. 14.
Daniel's headstone can be seen in the gallery above.
Rifleman
Frederick Thomas Hayle
"G" Coy. 1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
21st April 1915, aged 22.
Row D. 20.
Son of Thomas Gardiner Hale, and Beatrice Mary Hale, of 26, Woodriffe Rd., Leytonstone, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Our Glorious Dead."
Frederick Thomas Hayle
"G" Coy. 1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
21st April 1915, aged 22.
Row D. 20.
Son of Thomas Gardiner Hale, and Beatrice Mary Hale, of 26, Woodriffe Rd., Leytonstone, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Our Glorious Dead."
10453 Private
Haywood Teague
6th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
14th June 1915, aged 20.
Row B. 12.
Son of Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Teague of Carslake, St Mewan, Cornwall.
Haywood Teague
6th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
14th June 1915, aged 20.
Row B. 12.
Son of Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Teague of Carslake, St Mewan, Cornwall.
7th June 1917; Aerial oblique. Plotting reference: 28O 9 10. Key features: Ravine Wood. © IWM (BOX 7009-1299-45K-28O-1917)
Pictures in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
11th March 1918; Plotting reference: 28O 10d 11cd 16 17 18 Key feature: Ravine Wood to Groenelinde Cabaret. © IWM (BOX 183-464-3BA-28O-1918)
Three Canadian gunners and a dump of 18 pounder shells. In front of Zillebeke, 21 September 1917. © IWM (Q 5990)
Graves behind the 11th Regiment Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) sector of the Zillebeke trenches. January - February 1915. © IWM (Q 51177)
