ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.75709, Longitude: 2.85619
Location Information
St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery is located 10.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines) and on to Armentieres.
From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg.
On reaching Mesen the first right hand turn leads onto Mesenstraat towards the village of Wulvergem. In the village of Wulvergem the first left hand turning leads onto Sint Kwintenstraat. 200 metres along Sint Kwintenstraat on the left hand side of the road lies the cemetery.
Historical Information
St. Quentin Cabaret was an inn about 460 metres east of Kandahar Farm, near the village of Wulverghem (now Wulvergem) and the front line. At times, the inn was used as battalion headquarters.
The cemetery was begun in February 1915 by the 46th (North Midland) Division and continued to be used by the divisions holding the sector until it fell into German hands with the capture of Wulverghem in April 1918. The village and cemetery were recovered in September, but only two further burials were made.
There are 460 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 462.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 315, Canada 68, New Zealand 64, Australia 7, Germany 1. Total 455.
St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery is located 10.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines) and on to Armentieres.
From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg.
On reaching Mesen the first right hand turn leads onto Mesenstraat towards the village of Wulvergem. In the village of Wulvergem the first left hand turning leads onto Sint Kwintenstraat. 200 metres along Sint Kwintenstraat on the left hand side of the road lies the cemetery.
Historical Information
St. Quentin Cabaret was an inn about 460 metres east of Kandahar Farm, near the village of Wulverghem (now Wulvergem) and the front line. At times, the inn was used as battalion headquarters.
The cemetery was begun in February 1915 by the 46th (North Midland) Division and continued to be used by the divisions holding the sector until it fell into German hands with the capture of Wulverghem in April 1918. The village and cemetery were recovered in September, but only two further burials were made.
There are 460 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 462.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 315, Canada 68, New Zealand 64, Australia 7, Germany 1. Total 455.
Tea being issued to troops resting on newly captured ground, near Lindenhoek, 11th June 1917. © IWM Q 2324
A/2464 Private
F. Barnhardt
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th November 1915.
Plot I. B. 13.
Son of Mr. W. H. Barnhardt, of Stratford, Ontario.
F. Barnhardt
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th November 1915.
Plot I. B. 13.
Son of Mr. W. H. Barnhardt, of Stratford, Ontario.
2336 Rifleman
Basil Heathcote Clarke
1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
6th March 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. G. 4.
Son of Henry Heathcote Clarke, of 17, Birchwood Mansions, Muswell Hill, London, and the late Florence Annie Clarke.
Basil Heathcote Clarke
1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
6th March 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. G. 4.
Son of Henry Heathcote Clarke, of 17, Birchwood Mansions, Muswell Hill, London, and the late Florence Annie Clarke.
A/871 Private
Joseph Theodore Giroux
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
13th October 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 21.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Giroux, of Tilbury, Ontario.
Joseph Theodore Giroux
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
13th October 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 21.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Giroux, of Tilbury, Ontario.
2351 Rifleman
William Hoskin
1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
6th March 1915, aged 27.
Plot I. G. 7.
Son of William G. and Mary Hoskin, of The Hawthorn, Withiel, Bodmin, Cornwall.
William Hoskin
1st/9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
6th March 1915, aged 27.
Plot I. G. 7.
Son of William G. and Mary Hoskin, of The Hawthorn, Withiel, Bodmin, Cornwall.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Soldiers of the 11th Regiment Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) at Wulverghem. Church in background. 23rd October 1914. © IWM (Q 51144)
Bivouac of the 11th Regiment Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) at Wulverghem, 23rd October 1914. © IWM Q 51169
Bivouac of the 11th Regiment Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) at Wulverghem, 23rd October 1914. Units came back from the Messines line in turn to rest. © IWM Q 51178
A British soldier looks out across the Douve Valley, as shells explode on the village of Messines, 8th June, 1917. © IWM Q 2295
27th November 1917; A view of La Douve Farm looking north towards Messines, in Belgium. This farm was captured by the 39th Australian Battalion in the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. The brick wall on the right is all that remains of the farmhouse and the destroyed vehicles in the centre indicate the site of the farm buildings.
Ruined village of Wulverghem. March 1915. © IWM Q 383
Plotting reference: 28T 4 5 Key feature: Wulverghem Trenches. © IWM BOX 201-144-10B-28T-1918
