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RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY

West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.91184, Longitude: 2.89913​

Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Image © Geerhard Joos
Location Information

Langemark is located north of the town of Ieper off the N313. From the Markt take the Statiestraat, in the direction of Bikschote, go over the disused railway and then take the first turning left, Melkerijstraat. Follow this road for approximately 800 metres, past the milk factory where there is a sharp right hand bend followed by a sharp left hand bend. At the left hand bend there is a track going straight on which leads to the cemetery.

Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via main entrance.

Historical Information

Ruisseau Farm was taken by the Guards Division, fighting alongside French troops, on 8 October 1917 and the cemetery was begun by the divisional burial officer when the fighting was over. Later burials were made by artillery units and the cemetery continued in use until the end of November 1917.

Ruisseau Farm Cemetery contains 82 First World War burials, six of them unidentified.

Total Burials: 82.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 76. Total 76.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.

The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.


Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
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Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
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Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos

Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant
John Ryder Clark
196th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
20th October 1917, aged 19.
Row B. 9.

His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Eldest Son Of F. Hammond And Rose Of Wanstead, Essex"

Son of Frederick Hammond Clark and Rose Fanny Clark, of Montpellier House, Wanstead, London.

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27748 Guardsman
Fred William Jackson
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
8th October 1917, aged 37.
Row D. 14.

His headstone bears the inscription "Neath The Cross Gently Sleeping Sadly Missing"


Son of Thomas H. and Anna Jackson, of Burnley; husband of Evelyn Jackson, of 27, Bread St., Burnley.

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57950 Private
Arthur Charles Ralph
19th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
3rd November 1917.
​Row A. 1.



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Pilkem, Belgium. c. 1918. British Army medical personnel attending to wounded soldiers including a Guard's officer.

Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
Ruisseau Farm Cemetery
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German trenches in a wood near Langemarck, after the British bombardment; 11 June 1917. © IWM Q 2824
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Aerial Photo. Langemarck Area. © IWM Q 48385
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British 60-pounder guns of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing near Langemarck, 12th October 1917. © IWM Q 3140
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Guardsmen washing and shaving in a small stream near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle), 12th October 1917. © IWM Q 3010
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Wreck of the British tank named "Eldorado" by the ruins of church at Langemarck. © IWM Q 17840

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