KEZELBERG MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.83328 Longitude: 3.12336
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Kezelberg Military Cemetery is located 19 km east of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the N8 Meenseweg connecting Ieper to Menen. The N8 leads from Ieper to Menen via Geluveld and Geluwe. On reaching the town of Menen, the left hand turning onto the N32 Bruggestraat leads to Roeselare. 3 km along the N32 lies the right hand turning onto the Ieperstraat. 400 metres along the Ieperstraat lies the right hand turning onto the Korteweg. The cemetery lies 200 metres along the Korteweg on the left hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Moorsele was captured by the 15th Royal Irish Rifles on 14 October 1918, after remaining in German hands during almost the whole of the war. Kezelberg Military Cemetery was made in October and November 1918.
The cemetery contains 147 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 14 German war graves.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 146, Germany 14, Canada 1. Total 161.
40384 Private
A. Markham
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
28th October 1918, aged 32.
Plot I. A. 18.
Husband of the late Mary Elizabeth Markham, of 39, Heathfield St., Newton Heath, Manchester.
A. Markham
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
28th October 1918, aged 32.
Plot I. A. 18.
Husband of the late Mary Elizabeth Markham, of 39, Heathfield St., Newton Heath, Manchester.
175667 Private
George Richardson
Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
27th October 1918, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 2.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Keep Him Oh Lord In Thy Everlasting Love"
Son of John H. and Ellen Richardson, of 1, Carr View Avenue, Doncaster.
George Richardson
Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
27th October 1918, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 2.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Keep Him Oh Lord In Thy Everlasting Love"
Son of John H. and Ellen Richardson, of 1, Carr View Avenue, Doncaster.
212234 Gunner
George Walter Spencer
"A" Bty. 160th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
1st November 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. C. 24.
Son of Walter and Kate Spencer, of 50, Blenheim Rd., Reading.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Sleep On Beloved With Loved Ones Far Away."
George Walter Spencer
"A" Bty. 160th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
1st November 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. C. 24.
Son of Walter and Kate Spencer, of 50, Blenheim Rd., Reading.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Sleep On Beloved With Loved Ones Far Away."
Cemetery images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
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
The windmill at Ledeghem. © IWM Q 45433
Kezelberg Military Cemetery in the Snow
(Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem)
Battle of Courtrai. Belgian stretcher-bearers, British wounded and a German prisoner at a dressing station near Dadizeele, 14 October 1918. © IWM (Q 7115)
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Battle of Courtrai. British and Belgian wounded waiting to be taken back by light railway. Dadizeele, 15 October 1918. © IWM (Q 7118)
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Battle of Courtrai. Belgian refugee women and British wounded of the Monmouthshire Regiment coming back. Gullegem, near Heule, 15 October 1918. One of the soldiers wears a straw boater hat instead of a helmet. © IWM Q 7117
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
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.
15th October 1918; Battle of Courtrai. Belgian Army horse-drawn transport wagon embedded in the mud near Moorseele, 15 October 1918. © IWM Q 7114
