LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY NO. 1
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.86449 Longitude: 2.89457
Location Information
The cemetery is located to the North-East of the town of Ieper. From the station turn left and drive along M.Fochlaan to the roundabout, turn right and go to the next roundabout. Here turn left into M.Haiglaan and drive to the next roundabout. Here turn right into Oude Veurnestraat, this then changes into Diksmuidseweg and Brugseweg drive along this road to the traffic lights, at the lights turn left into Industrielaan then turn first right into Pilkemseweg, the cemetery is approx 300 metres on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery with some difficulty.
Historical Information
La Brique is a small hamlet named from an old brick works that used to stand nearby before the First World War.
LA BRIQUE CEMETERY No.1 was begun in May 1915 and used until the following December. It contains 91 First World War burials, four of them unidentified.
La Brique Military Cemetery, No. 1.
Total Burials: 91.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 87.
Unidentified Casualties: 4.
Across the road is LA BRIQUE CEMETERY No.2, which was begun in February 1915 and used until March 1918. Further graves were brought into this cemetery from the battlefields after the Armistice to create Plot II and extend the original plot.
La Brique Military Cemetery, No. 2.
Total Burials: 840.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 432, Canada 8, New Zealand 7, Australia 4, South Africa 2, India 1. Total 454.
Unidentified Casualties: 386.
Both cemeteries were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
4304 Private
William Bennett
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th May 1915.
Row A. 7.
William Bennett
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th May 1915.
Row A. 7.
2504 Private
Ernest Henry Cook
1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
8th May 1915, aged 29.
Row A. 4.
Son of the late Thomas and Mary Ann Cook, of Widnes, Lancs; husband of the late Amelia Cook.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone But Not Forgotten."
Ernest Henry Cook
1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
8th May 1915, aged 29.
Row A. 4.
Son of the late Thomas and Mary Ann Cook, of Widnes, Lancs; husband of the late Amelia Cook.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone But Not Forgotten."
9570 Private
Robert Cramp
1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
17th November 1915.
Row F. 17.
Robert Cramp
1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
17th November 1915.
Row F. 17.
1375 Private
Ernest George Humphreys
1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
25th May 1915, aged 19.
Row A. 2.
Son of Parker and Martha Humphreys, of 3, Queen St., St. Helens.
Ernest George Humphreys
1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
25th May 1915, aged 19.
Row A. 2.
Son of Parker and Martha Humphreys, of 3, Queen St., St. Helens.
L/9845 Corporal
Frederick Walter Jeffreys
1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
25th August 1915, aged 20.
Row C. 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jeffreys, of 14, Caroline Place, Dover.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Years Have Passed We Miss You More And More. Mother & Father."
Frederick Walter Jeffreys
1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
25th August 1915, aged 20.
Row C. 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jeffreys, of 14, Caroline Place, Dover.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Years Have Passed We Miss You More And More. Mother & Father."
2931 Private
Leslie John Deacon Pepperday
1st Res. Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
13th August 1915, aged 21.
Row E. 1.
Son of John Hinds Pepperday and Eliza Mary Pepperday, of 24, High St., Rugby.
Leslie John Deacon Pepperday
1st Res. Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
13th August 1915, aged 21.
Row E. 1.
Son of John Hinds Pepperday and Eliza Mary Pepperday, of 24, High St., Rugby.
2156 Rifleman
Albert Phillips
1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
18th June 1915, aged 23.
Row B. 6.
Albert Phillips
1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
18th June 1915, aged 23.
Row B. 6.
8423 Private
Stephen Salt
1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
25th September 1915.
Row C. 13.
Stephen Salt
1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
25th September 1915.
Row C. 13.
15426 Private
Frederick Charles Webster
8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
21st October 1915, aged 22.
Row D. 12.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Webster, of Wendy, Royston, Herts.
Frederick Charles Webster
8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
21st October 1915, aged 22.
Row D. 12.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Webster, of Wendy, Royston, Herts.
St Jean, Belgium. c. 1918. A tin of bully beef being shared by some German Army prisoners of war during the Battle of Flanders.
Wounded soldiers at a RAMC dressing station on a ruined farm near Wieltje, on the road to Broodseinde, 5 October 1917. © IWM (Q 6042)
A working party going up at night on a duck board track through the flooded shell-holes. Wieltje, 11 January 1918. © IWM (Q 8428)
St Julien, Belgium. 2nd October 1918; French Army Renault FT 17 tanks on the road near the town.
