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TORREKEN FARM CEMETERY NO. 1 

West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.78217 Longitude: 2.89217
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Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Location Information

Torreken Farm Cemetery No.1 is located 7.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on the Langebunderstraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, connecting Ieper 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.

Just beyond the village of Wijtschate, Langebunderstraat is located by turning left from the N365. The cemetery itself is located 200 metres along the Langebunderstraat on the left hand side of the road.

Visiting Information

Visitors should note that access to the site is via a field often used by livestock and is unsuitable for vehicles and wheelchairs.

Historical Information

Wytschaete (now Wijtschate) was taken by the Germans early in November 1914. It was recovered by Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, but fell into German hands once more on 16 April 1918. The village was recovered for the last time on 28 September.

Torreken Farm Cemetery (there is now only one) was begun by the 5th Dorset Regiment in June 1917 and used as a front line cemetery until April 1918.

The cemetery contains 90 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 14 German war graves.

Total Burials: 104.

World One Casualties: United Kingdom 70, Australia 20, Germany 14. Total 104.
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The cemetery was designed by
W C Von Berg.

Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos

Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
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Post war; A German Pillbox on the Messines Road. The signboard reads: 'Ploegsteert Wytschaete'.
Picture
38857 Private
Robert Caton
2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
26th October 1917, aged 19.
Row C. 9. 

Son of Mary Ann Stansfield (formerly Caton), of 13, Hardy St., Burnley, and the late Richard Caton.


Picture
202830 Private
Patrick McCabe, (Served as Conway).
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
22nd September 1917, aged 23.
Row B. 12.

Son of Patrick and Annie McCabe, of Dublin.



Picture
Wytschaete Sector, Belgium. 29 January 1918. A captured German concrete redoubts and observation posts in the front line of the Wytschaete Sector. Winter rains had turned the shell torn area into a muddy waste.

​​​​Cemetery images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1
Picture
British Infantry in a support trench on ground won in the battle, near Wytschaete, 12 June 1917. © IWM (Q 5484)
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A Corporal checking shells arriving on a light railway. Wytschaete, 11 August 1917. © IWM (Q 5871)
Picture
HM King George V, on Wytschaete Ridge in Belgium on 4 July 1917 during a tour of the Western Front. © IWM (Q 5586)
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Captured German field gun 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. near Wytschaete, 10 June 1917. © IWM (Q 5481)
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A Staff Colonel of the 36th (Ulster) Division talking to an Artillery Major near Wytschaete, 10 June 1917. © IWM (Q 5627)
Picture
2nd May 1918; Plotting reference: 28O 20 26 Key feature: Torreken Farm & Lumm Farm. © IWM BOX 178-28-98K-28O-1918
Torreken Farm Cemetery, No.1

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