LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates; Latitude: 50.77637 Longitude: 2.8239
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery is located 9 Kms south-west of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the Kemmelseweg (N331), connecting Ieper to Kemmel.
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg (made prominent by a railway level crossing).
Immediately after passing the village of Kemmel lies the Gremmerslinde, a right hand turning leading from the N331.
The cemetery lies 500 metres along the Gremmerslinde on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
The first burials were made in the cemetery in March 1915 and it continued to be used by fighting units and field ambulances until October 1917. It was enlarged after the Armistice when over 100 graves were brought in from the battlefields surrounding Kemmel.
There are now 315 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 68 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to six casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Total Burials: 317
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 218, Canada 15, Australia 9, New Zealand 7. Total 249.
Unidentified Casualties: 68.
Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery is located 9 Kms south-west of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the Kemmelseweg (N331), connecting Ieper to Kemmel.
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg (made prominent by a railway level crossing).
Immediately after passing the village of Kemmel lies the Gremmerslinde, a right hand turning leading from the N331.
The cemetery lies 500 metres along the Gremmerslinde on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
The first burials were made in the cemetery in March 1915 and it continued to be used by fighting units and field ambulances until October 1917. It was enlarged after the Armistice when over 100 graves were brought in from the battlefields surrounding Kemmel.
There are now 315 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 68 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to six casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Total Burials: 317
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 218, Canada 15, Australia 9, New Zealand 7. Total 249.
Unidentified Casualties: 68.
Cemetery images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
3491 Lance Corporal
Walter Francis Eager
18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
27th March 1918, aged 30.
Sp. Mem. B. 5.
Son of William and the late Eliza Eager. Native of Yass, New South Wales.
A storekeeper from Yass, NSW prior to enlistment L Cpl Eager embarked with the rank of Private with the 8th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Aeneas on 20 December 1915. On 27 March 1918 he was killed when he was hit by a shell whilst manning a listening post. His brother 253 Private (Pte) Bruce Alexander Eager had previously died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli, he is buried at Gibraltar North Front Cemetery.
Walter Francis Eager
18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
27th March 1918, aged 30.
Sp. Mem. B. 5.
Son of William and the late Eliza Eager. Native of Yass, New South Wales.
A storekeeper from Yass, NSW prior to enlistment L Cpl Eager embarked with the rank of Private with the 8th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Aeneas on 20 December 1915. On 27 March 1918 he was killed when he was hit by a shell whilst manning a listening post. His brother 253 Private (Pte) Bruce Alexander Eager had previously died of wounds received in action at Gallipoli, he is buried at Gibraltar North Front Cemetery.
3476A Private
Cyril Charles John Kruck
4th Australian Pioneers
12th June 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. M. 9.
Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Kruck, of Power St., Norman Park, East Brisbane, Queensland.
Cyril Charles John Kruck
4th Australian Pioneers
12th June 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. M. 9.
Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Kruck, of Power St., Norman Park, East Brisbane, Queensland.
122 Corporal
Alexander (Sandy) Leslie McLaren
18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
26th March 1918, aged 22.
Sp. Mem. B. 6.
From Leichhardt, NSW. Sandy McLaren enlisted on 11 November 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. He was promoted to corporal on 29 August 1916 and was wounded in action in the Battle of Menin Road on 20 September 1917. He died on the night of 26 March 1918 near Messines. He was out on patrol close to enemy lines when the Germans opened up with rifle fire and bombs. Sandy McLaren was killed and his body brought back to his own lines by his comrades. He was originally buried at Cabin Hill Cemetery, next to Walter Eager, whose details can be seen above.
Alexander (Sandy) Leslie McLaren
18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
26th March 1918, aged 22.
Sp. Mem. B. 6.
From Leichhardt, NSW. Sandy McLaren enlisted on 11 November 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. He was promoted to corporal on 29 August 1916 and was wounded in action in the Battle of Menin Road on 20 September 1917. He died on the night of 26 March 1918 near Messines. He was out on patrol close to enemy lines when the Germans opened up with rifle fire and bombs. Sandy McLaren was killed and his body brought back to his own lines by his comrades. He was originally buried at Cabin Hill Cemetery, next to Walter Eager, whose details can be seen above.
Tea being issued to troops resting on newly captured ground, near Lindenhoek, 11th June 1917. © IWM Q 2324
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
A limber going back to load up with provisions near Lindenhoek, 10 June 1917. © IWM Q 5489
Men of the 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company in F2 trench at Lindenhoek, 22 - 26 February 1915. © IWM Q 50342
