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RAILWAY CHÂTEAU CEMETERY

West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.85313, Longitude: 2.85727

Railway Château Cemetery
Location Information

Railway Château Cemetery is located 2 Kms west of Ieper town centre, on the Adriaansensweg, a road leading from the Poperingseweg (connecting Ieper to Poperinge).

From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts in the J.Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J.Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. 1 Km along the Poperingseweg is the right hand turning onto the Adriaansenweg. Avoiding the road forking off to the right, the cemetery is located 500 metres along the Adriaansenweg, on the left hand side of the road.

Visiting Information

Visitors to this site should note that the 30 metre grassed access path to the cemetery is unsuitable for vehicles.

Historical Information

Railway Chateau Cemetery (also known as "Augustine Street Cabaret", and "L.4 Post") was begun in November 1914 and used at intervals until October 1916 by troops fighting in the neighbourhood.

The cemetery contains 105 First World War burials, six of which are unidentified.

The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.


Total Burials: 105.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 99.
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Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos

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Second Lieutenant
George Frederick Cottrell
108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
11th May 1915, aged 22.
Row B. 4.

Son of George Anderson Cottrell and Mary Agnes Cottrell, of The Prior. Follifoot, Harrogate.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Highest Sacrifice, Labour Without Pause Even To Death ..... For England."

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Second Lieutenant
Arthur Nelson Coxe, Mentioned in Despatches
105th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
3rd November 1914.
Row C. 10.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Greatly Beloved."


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8247 Private
John Robert Dance
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
16th November 1914.
Row B. 7.

Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Dance, of Wokingham.

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4132 Lance Serjeant
Patrick Dunne
1st Bn. Irish Guards
6th November 1914.
Row C. 11.
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Second Lieutenant
Reginald Glover Ker-Gulland
14th Bn. 
London Regiment (London Scottish)
12th November 1914, aged 28.
Row C. 9.

Son of James and Beatrice Ker-Gulland, of 101, Coleherne Court, Earls Court, London.

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1534 Corporal
Kenneth S. McDonald
​14th Bn. 
London Regiment (London Scottish)
12th November 1914, aged 28.
Row B. 6.

Son of Mrs. Mary Hayward, of 45, Blenheim Rd., Bedford Park, London.


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6799 Private
George Newman
Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 108th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
20th February 1916.
Row A. 4.

Son of Mrs. C. A. Newman, of Old Hill, Avening, Stroud, Glos.


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16166 Private
Arthur A. Sumner
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
1st November 1914.
Row C. 8.


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Battles of Ypres. A 12inch howitzer of the 104th Siege Battery in Ypres. 27th August 1917. © IWM Q 7807
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A British signaller and his dog in a dugout with the first issue of respirator at Ypres, May 1915. © IWM Q 61600
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Poperinghe - Ypres Line. Entrance to Ypres Station - looking North west. 20. 2. 18. © IWM Q 46636
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Views of the battlefield after the third Battle of Ypres, 1917. A soldier look across devastated country near Ypres showing a derelict Mark IV Tank, shell-splintered trees and general battle detritus, 15 February 1918. © IWM Q 10711
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Men of the 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment resting in camp near Dickebusch on 9 August 1917. Prior to coming out of the line this battalion had taken part in an attack on Shrewsbury Forest on 31 July 1917, during which the unit lost its commanding officer, 11 officers and 246 men. © IWM Q 5847

Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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Images taken in June 1953

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