ROESELARE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates - Latitude 50.94338 Longitude 3.11793
© Werner Can Caneghem
Location Information
Roeselare Communal Cemetery is located 20 kms north-east of Ieper town centre via the villages of Zonnebeke and Moorslede (N332).
Roeselare is approached via the Iepersestraat and crosses the R32 Roeselare ring road. Before reaching the Town Centre turn left into Molenstraat then take the second right onto Kerminstraat followed by the first left into Blekerijstraat. The cemetery entrance is on the left opposite Arme Klaarenstraat.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
During the First World War Roulers (now Roeselare) was occupied by the Germans from 19 October 1914 to 14 October 1918. The communal cemetery was used for prisoner of war burials and Commonwealth, French and Belgian servicemen are buried predominantly in their respective national plots at the southern end of the cemetery.
There are 91 First World War Commonwealth casualties commemorated in this cemetery. Special memorials commemorate two casualties buried at Roulers German Cemetery whose graves were destroyed by shellfire.
3 of the 1st World War casualties were brought in from churchyards at Hooghlede and Knocke in 1936.
The cemetery also contains seven burials from the Second World War, all dating from 1940.
Total Burials: 100.
World War One Commonwealth Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 58, Canada 25, Total 83.
World War One Commonwealth Unidentified Casualties: 8.
Other World War One Casualties: France 2.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 7. Total 7.
The Commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Roeselare Communal Cemetery is located 20 kms north-east of Ieper town centre via the villages of Zonnebeke and Moorslede (N332).
Roeselare is approached via the Iepersestraat and crosses the R32 Roeselare ring road. Before reaching the Town Centre turn left into Molenstraat then take the second right onto Kerminstraat followed by the first left into Blekerijstraat. The cemetery entrance is on the left opposite Arme Klaarenstraat.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
During the First World War Roulers (now Roeselare) was occupied by the Germans from 19 October 1914 to 14 October 1918. The communal cemetery was used for prisoner of war burials and Commonwealth, French and Belgian servicemen are buried predominantly in their respective national plots at the southern end of the cemetery.
There are 91 First World War Commonwealth casualties commemorated in this cemetery. Special memorials commemorate two casualties buried at Roulers German Cemetery whose graves were destroyed by shellfire.
3 of the 1st World War casualties were brought in from churchyards at Hooghlede and Knocke in 1936.
The cemetery also contains seven burials from the Second World War, all dating from 1940.
Total Burials: 100.
World War One Commonwealth Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 58, Canada 25, Total 83.
World War One Commonwealth Unidentified Casualties: 8.
Other World War One Casualties: France 2.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 7. Total 7.
The Commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Entrances to the Cemetery
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View down the Chaussée de Dixmude (Dixmude Road), Roulers (Roeselare), Belgium, looking south east towards St Michael's Church.
World War One Plot
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c.1917/1918 -A group of unidentified Australian soldiers and railway engineers standing with a Baldwin 2-8-0 standard gauge steam locomotive (serial number 1436) at the rail yards in Roeselare. This locomotive was manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia USA. The letters ROD on the tender stand for Railway Operating Division and would be followed with the serial number 1436 (not visible).
Some of the Individual World War One Graves
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Second Lieutenant
Edwin Lloyd Instone
7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
4th August 1917, aged 30.
Son of John Lloyd Instone and Sarah Instone, of Edgbaston, Birmingham;
Husband of Constance Annie Instone, of 26, Yardley Rd., Acock's Green, Birmingham.
Plot II. H. 3.
Edwin Lloyd Instone
7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
4th August 1917, aged 30.
Son of John Lloyd Instone and Sarah Instone, of Edgbaston, Birmingham;
Husband of Constance Annie Instone, of 26, Yardley Rd., Acock's Green, Birmingham.
Plot II. H. 3.
Second Lieutenant
Norman Chester Newland
1st Bn. Monmouthshire regiment
31st May 1915, aged 27.
Plot II. E. 5.
Son of Alfred Newland, of "Lawnside," Stow Park Circle, Newport, Mon.
Norman Chester Newland
1st Bn. Monmouthshire regiment
31st May 1915, aged 27.
Plot II. E. 5.
Son of Alfred Newland, of "Lawnside," Stow Park Circle, Newport, Mon.
The market place in Moorslede. (Defensive Battle in Flanders, July - September 1917). © IWM Q 45463
World War Two Graves
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World War Two Burials
5826650 Private Stanley Curtis, 1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment, died 3rd June 1940, aged 24. Plot 1. Row AA. Grave 4. Son of Henry and Ada Curtis.
27588 Captain Thomas More Eyston, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 31st May 1940. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Eyston; husband of Lady Agnes Eyston (nee Savile), of Wantage, Berkshire.
5337475 Andrew Millar Hamilton, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 4th June 1940, aged 20. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 5. Son of Abraham and Minnie Hamilton, of Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire.
117143 Second Lieutenant Meyrick De Lisle King Lowsley, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire regiment, died 3rd June 1940, aged 25. Plot 1. Row AA. Grave 5. Son of Conrad Offa Lowsley and Zoe Berthe Delphine Lowsley, of Stanford Dingley, Berkshire. A.C.A.
5340300 Private Reginald John Mallard, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 31st May 1940, aged 21. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 4. Son of Albert John Mallard, and of Alice Maud Mallard, of Rayleigh, Essex.
5340135 Private Aaron Stern, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 31st May 1940, aged 21. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 2. Son of Abraham Isaac and Milly Stern, of Stepney, London.
5337109 Private Gilbert Henry Whiting, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 27th May 1940, aged 21. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 1. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Whiting, of Faringdon, Berkshire.
5826650 Private Stanley Curtis, 1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment, died 3rd June 1940, aged 24. Plot 1. Row AA. Grave 4. Son of Henry and Ada Curtis.
27588 Captain Thomas More Eyston, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 31st May 1940. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Eyston; husband of Lady Agnes Eyston (nee Savile), of Wantage, Berkshire.
5337475 Andrew Millar Hamilton, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 4th June 1940, aged 20. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 5. Son of Abraham and Minnie Hamilton, of Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire.
117143 Second Lieutenant Meyrick De Lisle King Lowsley, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire regiment, died 3rd June 1940, aged 25. Plot 1. Row AA. Grave 5. Son of Conrad Offa Lowsley and Zoe Berthe Delphine Lowsley, of Stanford Dingley, Berkshire. A.C.A.
5340300 Private Reginald John Mallard, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 31st May 1940, aged 21. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 4. Son of Albert John Mallard, and of Alice Maud Mallard, of Rayleigh, Essex.
5340135 Private Aaron Stern, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 31st May 1940, aged 21. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 2. Son of Abraham Isaac and Milly Stern, of Stepney, London.
5337109 Private Gilbert Henry Whiting, 4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 27th May 1940, aged 21. Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 1. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Whiting, of Faringdon, Berkshire.
The plots containing the graves of some of the other nationalities that lie within the cemetery
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Memorial for German soldiers fallen during the Battle of the Yser 1914 in the military cemetery at Roeselare. Names of fallen soldiers on the graves are left to right: Pionier St. Sicher of the 54th Reserve Pioneer Regiment, killed in action on 1 November 1914. Volunteer (Kriegsfreiwilliger) K. Redlich of the 6th (245th) Reserve Infantry Regiment, killed in action on 2 November 1914. Reservist A. Rothagen of the 10th (206th) Reserve Infantry Regiment, killed in action on 11 November 1914. Volunteer (Kriegsfreiwilliger) M. Stübner of the 2nd (204th) Reserve Infantry Regiment, killed in action on 14 November 1914 (born 19 June 1891). Volunteer Pioneer (Freiwilliger Pionier) Ernst Paul Rohns, born 7 September 1893. Musketeer H. Sutor of the 6th (237th) Reserve Infantry Regiment, killed in action on 9 November 1914 (born 6 October 1892). Volunteer (Kriegsfreiwilliger) J. Dellmann of the 8th (95th) Reserve Infantry Regiment, killed in action on 15 November 1914 (born 28 January 1897). Jager F. Hoevel of the 2nd (23rd) Reserve Jäger Battalion, killed in action on 19 November 1914 (born 16 September 1896). Volunteer (Kriegsfreiwilliger) W. Zwerg of the 2nd (204th) Reserve Infantry Regiment, killed in action on 19 November 1914 (born 7 March 1894) © IWM (Q 87545)
A converted brewery serves as a bathing establishment and also has a barber's shop, Roeselare. © IWM Q 87601
The Seminary on Zuidstraat, Roulers (Roeselare), Belgium.
