TUILERIES BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.83994, Longitude: 2.92042
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Tuileries British Cemetery is located 3 Kms east of Ieper town centre, on the Maaldestedestraat, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
1.5 Kms along the Meenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Maaldestedestraat. The cemetery itself is located 1.2 Kms along the Maaldestedestraat on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War.
The Tuileries, or tile-works, were a little north-west of Zillebeke village and in 1915, a number of Commonwealth and French soldiers were buried there. Later, many of the graves were destroyed when the cemetery was very badly shelled.
The cemetery contains 95 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Only 26 graves (of which 16 are unidentified) are known and marked, and special memorials commemorate 69 Commonwealth and two French casualties whose graves in the cemetery were destroyed.
Total Burials: 98.
Commonwealth Identified World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 79.
Commonwealth Unidentified World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 16.
Other Nationalities: France 3.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Tuileries British Cemetery is located 3 Kms east of Ieper town centre, on the Maaldestedestraat, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
1.5 Kms along the Meenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Maaldestedestraat. The cemetery itself is located 1.2 Kms along the Maaldestedestraat on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War.
The Tuileries, or tile-works, were a little north-west of Zillebeke village and in 1915, a number of Commonwealth and French soldiers were buried there. Later, many of the graves were destroyed when the cemetery was very badly shelled.
The cemetery contains 95 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Only 26 graves (of which 16 are unidentified) are known and marked, and special memorials commemorate 69 Commonwealth and two French casualties whose graves in the cemetery were destroyed.
Total Burials: 98.
Commonwealth Identified World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 79.
Commonwealth Unidentified World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 16.
Other Nationalities: France 3.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Captain
John Edward Guy Brown
2nd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
22nd February 1915, aged 22.
Sp. Mem. A. 2.
Son of Alexander Francis Garden Brown and Charlotte Mary Brown, of Strathwell Park, Whitwell, Isle of Wight.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Floreat Majestas."
John Edward Guy Brown
2nd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
22nd February 1915, aged 22.
Sp. Mem. A. 2.
Son of Alexander Francis Garden Brown and Charlotte Mary Brown, of Strathwell Park, Whitwell, Isle of Wight.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Floreat Majestas."
6788 Company Serjeant Major
Nelson Farrar
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
24th February 1915, aged 31.
Sp. Mem. D. 10.
Son of Tom Harrison Farrar, of Hough Cottage, Halifax, Yorks, and the late Agnes Farrar.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
Nelson Farrar
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
24th February 1915, aged 31.
Sp. Mem. D. 10.
Son of Tom Harrison Farrar, of Hough Cottage, Halifax, Yorks, and the late Agnes Farrar.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
10818 Private
Lochburn Fisher
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st April 1915, aged 23.
Sp. Mem. D. 1.
Son of Samuel and Emily Fisher, of Bank Farm, Briestfield, Dewsbury, Yorks. Born at Huddersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
Lochburn Fisher
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st April 1915, aged 23.
Sp. Mem. D. 1.
Son of Samuel and Emily Fisher, of Bank Farm, Briestfield, Dewsbury, Yorks. Born at Huddersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
10709 Private
Arthur Hamnett
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
7th March 1915.
Sp. Mem. C. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
Arthur Hamnett
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
7th March 1915.
Sp. Mem. C. 13.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
6695 Lance Corporal
Charles James Penn
1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
8th March 1915, aged 29.
Sp. Mem. E. 23.
Son of Thomas James and Maria Penn, of Margaret St., Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Born at Bromley, England.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory, Rest In Peace."
Charles James Penn
1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
8th March 1915, aged 29.
Sp. Mem. E. 23.
Son of Thomas James and Maria Penn, of Margaret St., Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Born at Bromley, England.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory, Rest In Peace."
Lieutenant
Haldane Day Stokes, M. V. O.
2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
17th February 1915.
Row D. 1.
Haldane Day Stokes, M. V. O.
2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
17th February 1915.
Row D. 1.
12196 Private
Harry Taylor
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
16th April 1915.
Sp. Mem. E. 14.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
Harry Taylor
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
16th April 1915.
Sp. Mem. E. 14.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
This gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Royal Field Artillery gunners hauling an 18 pounder field gun out of the mud near Zillebeke, 9 August 1917. © IWM (Q 6236)
Stretcher bearers of the Royal Army Medical Corps going forward. Near Zillebeke, 21 September 1917. © IWM (Q 5987)
Three Canadian gunners and a dump of 18 pounder shells. In front of Zillebeke, 21 September 1917. © IWM (Q 5990)
29th September 1917: Ruined dugouts at Hellblast Corner at the end of Zillebeke Lake. In the background (centre) the ruined village of Zillebeke is visible and in the right corner at the head of the lake is Battersea Farm and a line of old gunpits. Note sandbags and debris along the bank.
