MINTY FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
Location Information
Langemark is located north of the town of Ieper off the N313. From the Markt take the Korte Ieperstraat, at the crossroads turn right into Boezingestraat, after 500 metres take the first turning left into Ieperstraat. Follow this road to the T junction at the end, turn right into Briekstraat, 1st left still Briekstraat, take again the 1st turning left called Hemelrijkstraat. The cemetery is 200 metres along this road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Minty Farm (the name was probably adopted during its occupation by a Wiltshire unit) was at one time used as a German blockhouse and in 1917, as a company headquarters for Commonwealth forces. The cemetery was begun in October 1917 and used until April 1918 by units fighting on that front. More than a third of the graves are of officers and men of the Royal Artillery.
Minty Farm Cemetery contains 192 First World War burials.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Casualty Details: UK 192; Germany 1; Total Burials: 193
Langemark is located north of the town of Ieper off the N313. From the Markt take the Korte Ieperstraat, at the crossroads turn right into Boezingestraat, after 500 metres take the first turning left into Ieperstraat. Follow this road to the T junction at the end, turn right into Briekstraat, 1st left still Briekstraat, take again the 1st turning left called Hemelrijkstraat. The cemetery is 200 metres along this road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Minty Farm (the name was probably adopted during its occupation by a Wiltshire unit) was at one time used as a German blockhouse and in 1917, as a company headquarters for Commonwealth forces. The cemetery was begun in October 1917 and used until April 1918 by units fighting on that front. More than a third of the graves are of officers and men of the Royal Artillery.
Minty Farm Cemetery contains 192 First World War burials.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Casualty Details: UK 192; Germany 1; Total Burials: 193
35652 Private
Henry James Benton
4th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment, transf. to (85833) 144th Coy. Labour Corps
30th October 1917, aged 42.
Plot II. D. 4.
Husband of Eliza Benton, of 53, Talbot Road, East Ham, London.
Picture courtesy of Rosemary Connell
Henry James Benton
4th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment, transf. to (85833) 144th Coy. Labour Corps
30th October 1917, aged 42.
Plot II. D. 4.
Husband of Eliza Benton, of 53, Talbot Road, East Ham, London.
Picture courtesy of Rosemary Connell
46113 Private
John Richardson Dodds
24th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
16th October 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. D. 5.
Son of Thomas and Mary Dodds, of Longhoughton, Lesbury, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
John Richardson Dodds
24th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
16th October 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. D. 5.
Son of Thomas and Mary Dodds, of Longhoughton, Lesbury, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
58492 Gunner
Albert Hartley
37th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
1st April 1918, aged 22.
Plot III. A. 6.
Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hartley, of 187, Barden Lane, Burnley.
At the time of Albert's death his parents were the licensee's of the Princess Alexandra Hotel, Colne Road, Burnley. Albert also lived at the hotel, prior to enlisting he was a weaver at Emmott's Stanley Mill. After his death, his parents received a short letter from the Major commanding the battery:
"I regret very much to inform you of the death of your son, 58492 R. G. A. Gunner Albert Hartley. He was killed this morning whilst serving his gun, and I am sure that you will like to hear that he did not suffer at all, being killed at once by a shell which fell quite close to him."
Albert Hartley
37th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
1st April 1918, aged 22.
Plot III. A. 6.
Son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Hartley, of 187, Barden Lane, Burnley.
At the time of Albert's death his parents were the licensee's of the Princess Alexandra Hotel, Colne Road, Burnley. Albert also lived at the hotel, prior to enlisting he was a weaver at Emmott's Stanley Mill. After his death, his parents received a short letter from the Major commanding the battery:
"I regret very much to inform you of the death of your son, 58492 R. G. A. Gunner Albert Hartley. He was killed this morning whilst serving his gun, and I am sure that you will like to hear that he did not suffer at all, being killed at once by a shell which fell quite close to him."
Captured German officers guarded by a Scottish sentry outside a recently taken concrete bunker near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle), 12 October 1917. © IWM (Q 3013)
First Battle of Passchendaele. Two guardsmen bringing in a wounded comrade on a stretcher. Near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle), 12 October 1917. © IWM (Q 3009)
Wounded of the 66th Division being moved by light railway between Langemarck and Pilkem, during the battle of Poelkapelle, 10th October 1917. © IWM (Q6044)
