LEDEGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.85736 Longitude: 3.12756
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Ledeghem (now Ledegem) Military Cemetery is located 17 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. 4.5 Km along the N32 lies the right hand turning onto Papestraat which leads to Ledegem.
On reaching the village of Ledegem the first right hand turning along the Sint Eloois-Winkelstraat leads onto the Hugo Verriestlaan. The cemetery is accessed by a short path off the Hugo Verriestlaan.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Ledeghem was almost captured on 19 October 1914 by the 10th Hussars, who were forced to retire the same day. It then remained in German hands for four years. On 1 October 1918, the 9th (Scottish) Division captured the village, but could not hold the whole of it; it was finally cleared by the 29th Division on 14 October.
The church, the school and the civil hospital of Ledeghem were used by the Germans as hospitals, and in October 1914 to September 1918, they buried German and Commonwealth casualties in three cemeteries in the commune. Ledeghem Military Cemetery was made by the 29th Division (as "Ledeghem New Cemetery") in October 1918. The graves of 14 casualties who died in October 1914 and September and October 1918, were removed to this cemetery in October 1951 from Ledeghem Churchyard.
There are now 85 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 17 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two soldiers believed to be buried among them, and one whose grave was destroyed by shell fire in Ledeghem Churchyard.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Total Burials: 85.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 68.
Unidentified Casualties: 17.
Ledeghem (now Ledegem) Military Cemetery is located 17 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. 4.5 Km along the N32 lies the right hand turning onto Papestraat which leads to Ledegem.
On reaching the village of Ledegem the first right hand turning along the Sint Eloois-Winkelstraat leads onto the Hugo Verriestlaan. The cemetery is accessed by a short path off the Hugo Verriestlaan.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Ledeghem was almost captured on 19 October 1914 by the 10th Hussars, who were forced to retire the same day. It then remained in German hands for four years. On 1 October 1918, the 9th (Scottish) Division captured the village, but could not hold the whole of it; it was finally cleared by the 29th Division on 14 October.
The church, the school and the civil hospital of Ledeghem were used by the Germans as hospitals, and in October 1914 to September 1918, they buried German and Commonwealth casualties in three cemeteries in the commune. Ledeghem Military Cemetery was made by the 29th Division (as "Ledeghem New Cemetery") in October 1918. The graves of 14 casualties who died in October 1914 and September and October 1918, were removed to this cemetery in October 1951 from Ledeghem Churchyard.
There are now 85 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 17 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two soldiers believed to be buried among them, and one whose grave was destroyed by shell fire in Ledeghem Churchyard.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Total Burials: 85.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 68.
Unidentified Casualties: 17.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
42174 Private
John Griffin
6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
30th September 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 42.
Husband of Harriet Griffin, of Aspley Hill, Woburn Sands, Bletchley, Bucks.
John Griffin
6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
30th September 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 42.
Husband of Harriet Griffin, of Aspley Hill, Woburn Sands, Bletchley, Bucks.
40601 Lance Corporal
Arthur Benjamin Lander
2nd Bn. South Wales Borders
18th October 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 49.
Son of George and Hannah Lander, of Northampton; husband of Rhoda Lander, of 2, Albion Crescent, Northampton.
His headstone bears the inscription "Your Dear Memory Is Hallowed In The Hearts Of Those You Loved"
Arthur Benjamin Lander
2nd Bn. South Wales Borders
18th October 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 49.
Son of George and Hannah Lander, of Northampton; husband of Rhoda Lander, of 2, Albion Crescent, Northampton.
His headstone bears the inscription "Your Dear Memory Is Hallowed In The Hearts Of Those You Loved"
37368 Private
T. W. Longmate
1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
14th October 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 45.
Longmate, of Staveley; husband of Mrs. M. E. Longmate, of 18, David St., Northwich.
His headstone bears the inscription "Duty Nobly Done For King And Country"
T. W. Longmate
1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
14th October 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 45.
Longmate, of Staveley; husband of Mrs. M. E. Longmate, of 18, David St., Northwich.
His headstone bears the inscription "Duty Nobly Done For King And Country"
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.
The windmill at Ledeghem. © IWM Q 45433
2nd July 1917; Vertical aerial reconnaissance of Ledeghem (upper left) and Moorseele (bottom right), west of Courtrai, Belgium, taken with a Wide-Angle ("WA" Type) aerial camera. The approximate site of the cemetery is indicated with a red arrow.
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
