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MOORSEELE MILITARY CEMETERY

West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.8403 Longitude: 3.16715
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Moorseele Military Cemetery
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information

Moorseele Military Cemetery is located 20 Kms east of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the N8, connecting Ieper to Menen and onto Wevelgem.

On reaching Wevelgem the left hand turning onto Lode de Boningestraat leads onto the Roeselarestraat and on for 3.5 Kms to Moorseele.

On reaching Moorseele the cemetery is to be accessed by entering a small housing estate called Minister de Taeyelaan, situated off Secretaris Vanmarckelaan.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. 

Historical Information

The village of Moorseele was captured by the 15th Royal Irish Rifles on 14 October 1918, after remaining in German hands during almost the whole of the war.

The school attached to the Convent of the Holy Family was used by German medical units from October 1914 to October 1918, and they began the cemetery behind the convent in 1915. It was also used in October 1918 by the XIX Corps Burial Officer and the 3rd Australian and 64th Casualty Clearing Stations. After the Armistice, five graves were moved into the cemetery from MOORSEELE CHURCHYARD (which was used by the Germans until October 1917) and in 1929, one from CUERNE CHURCHYARD. In 1930, more than 800 German graves were removed to Mesen.

The cemetery contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.

Total Burials: 98

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 88, Canada 8. Total 96.


Cemetery images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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27032 Private
James Alexander
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th April 1915, aged 23.
Row A. 5. 

Son of James and Isabella Alexander, of 25, Eastmount Avenue, Toronto. Native of Peterculter, Scotland.

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Captain
Charles Molyneaux Carbert, M. C. 
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry attached to Royal Flying Corps
1st February 1917, aged 22.
Row A. 4.

Son of Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Carbert, of Campbellville, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription "Their Name Liveth For Evermore"




Moorseele Military Cemetery
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Lieutenant
Eric John Halliwell
57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
11th September 1917.
Row A. 6.



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45639 Private
Wilfred Walter Horman
15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn. Hampshire Regiment
22nd October 1918.
Row C. 15.

His headstone bears the inscription "May His Reward Be As Great As His Sacrifice"





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109421 Private
John Herbert Jones
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
8th June 1916.
Row AA. 5.

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Major
Stanley Livingston Jones
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
8th June 1916.
​Row AA. 12.


Husband of Lucile R. Jones, of 1728, 9 1/2 St. West, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Moorseele Military Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant
William Morley Kent
Royal Flying Corps
21st February 1918, aged 27.
Row AA. 10.

Son of William J. and Christina Kent, of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Second Lieutenant
John Alexander Mackay
57th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
11th September 1917.
Row A. 6.

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Corporal
D. Main, M. M. 
Royal Scots
17th October 1918.
​Row E. 6.


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Belgian civilians, including children, and British troops of the 36th Division in recaptured Gullegem (on 15 October), 19 October 1918. Note dead horses on the left. © IWM Q 11389
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Battle of Courtrai. The result of a direct hit on a 10.5 (105mm) FH98/09 howitzer. Moorseele 14th October 1918. © IWM (Q7116)
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50699 Lance Corporal
John Pullar Peatie, D. C. M. 
12th Bn. Royal Scots
22nd October 1918, aged 20.
​Row D. 2.

Son of James and Euphemia Peatie, of 54, Easter Rd., Edinburgh.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His All"

Moorseele Military Cemetery
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
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Second Lieutenant
Edmund Daniell Spicer
20th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
1st February 1917, aged 18.
Row A. 4.

Son of Newton and Emma Frances Spicer, of Little Denstone, Parkstone, Dorset.

His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of Newton And Emma Frances Spice" "Christ Shall Give Thee Light"




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3294 Private
Alfred Moss Walley
19th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
18th October 1918, aged 27.
Row E. 2.


Husband of Alice Walley (formerly Jones), of 13, King St., Buglawton, Cheshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"

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15th October 1918; Battle of Courtrai. Belgian Army horse-drawn transport wagon embedded in the mud near Moorseele, 15 October 1918. © IWM Q 7114
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Battle of Courtrai. Belgian refugee women watching British wounded of the Monmouthshire Regiment being brought in. Gullegem, Near Heule, 15 October 1918. © IWM Q 7119

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