LA BELLE ALLIANCE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.8734 Longitude: 2.89338
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
La Belle Alliance Cemetery is 3.5 Kms south of Boezinge and the same distance north-east of Ieper. It stands on the Zwaanhofweg, and is best approached via the N908 Ieper by-pass turning off north at the junction with Briekestraat-Zwaanhofweg is then the first road on the left.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
La Belle Alliance Cemetery was made in February and March 1916, by the 10th and 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was used again in July and August 1917. It was originally named from a farmhouse which stood close by.
The cemetery contains 60 First World War burials, ten of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by J.R. Truelove.
Total Burials: 60.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 50.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 10.
La Belle Alliance Cemetery is 3.5 Kms south of Boezinge and the same distance north-east of Ieper. It stands on the Zwaanhofweg, and is best approached via the N908 Ieper by-pass turning off north at the junction with Briekestraat-Zwaanhofweg is then the first road on the left.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
La Belle Alliance Cemetery was made in February and March 1916, by the 10th and 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was used again in July and August 1917. It was originally named from a farmhouse which stood close by.
The cemetery contains 60 First World War burials, ten of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by J.R. Truelove.
Total Burials: 60.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 50.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 10.
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
R/3191 Rifleman
David Boswell
"B" Coy. 10th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
29th February 1916, aged 21.
Row B. 5.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Boswell, of 75, Sharp St., Warrington.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Dead That Die In The Lord."
David Boswell
"B" Coy. 10th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
29th February 1916, aged 21.
Row B. 5.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Boswell, of 75, Sharp St., Warrington.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Dead That Die In The Lord."
37057 Private
William Churm
7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
27th July 1917.
Row C. 1.
William Churm
7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
27th July 1917.
Row C. 1.
9695 Private
Daniel Patrick Coleman
7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
25th July 1917.
Row C. 2.
Daniel Patrick Coleman
7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
25th July 1917.
Row C. 2.
88845 Pioneer
John Glennie
284th Army Troops Coy. Royal Engineers
5th August 1917, aged 38.
Row D. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Glennie, of 50, North Ellen St., Dundee. Native of Montrose.
John Glennie
284th Army Troops Coy. Royal Engineers
5th August 1917, aged 38.
Row D. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Glennie, of 50, North Ellen St., Dundee. Native of Montrose.
R/1714 Rifleman
Benjamin Mayor
10th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
28th February 1916, aged 29.
Row A. 5.
Son of Joseph and Rosannah Mayor, of Blackburn.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though I Walk Through The Valley Of Death I Will Fear No Evil."
Benjamin Mayor
10th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
28th February 1916, aged 29.
Row A. 5.
Son of Joseph and Rosannah Mayor, of Blackburn.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though I Walk Through The Valley Of Death I Will Fear No Evil."
70949 Private
Arthur Webster
9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
24th July 1917, aged 24.
Row C. 4.
Son of William and Matilda Webster, of 21, Wallows Lane, Pleck, Walsall.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"
Arthur Webster
9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
24th July 1917, aged 24.
Row C. 4.
Son of William and Matilda Webster, of 21, Wallows Lane, Pleck, Walsall.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
British troops pose for a photograph on the remains of a German concrete pill box now being used as the roof of a British dug-out near Boesinghe, 28 January 1918. © IWM (Q 10633)
Battle of Pilckem Ridge. Stretcher bearers struggle in mud up to their knees to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe, 1 August 1917. Identified front, centre is Private Cecil Hawkins a stretcher bearer with 106 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps © IWM (Q 5935)
Battle of Pilckem Ridge. Royal Engineers carrying wood for a bridge across the Yser Canal. Note the mud and the wearing of waterproof sheets. Near Boesinghe, August 1917. © IWM (Q 5936)
