VICHTE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
Location Information
Vichte Military Cemetery is located 40 Kms east of Ieper town centre and 13 Kms east of Kortrijk. From the E17, Kortrijk Gent motorway, turn off at junction 4 onto the N36 towards Vichte. The village of Vichte is located 6 Kms along the N36. At the traffic lights in the village turn right into Beukenhofstraat, then take the second right hand turning into Lendedreef and first left into Elf Novemberlaan. The cemetery is located on the left hand side of the Elf Novemberlaan.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The railway station at Vichte was captured by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment on 20 October 1918, and the village by the 9th (Scottish) Division two days later.
In Vichte Military Cemetery, Rows A and B and part of Row C in Plot I were made in October 1918, by the burial officers of the 9th and 31st Divisions, and the remainder of the cemetery was formed after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields. In June 1933, a further 31 graves were moved here from SWEVEGHEM CHURCHYARD.
Vichte Military Cemetery now contains 236 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 60 of them unidentified. There are also two Second World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Total Burials: 238.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 168, Canada 8. Total 176.
Unidentified World War One Casualties: 60.
World War Two Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Unidentified Casualty: 1.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Vichte Military Cemetery is located 40 Kms east of Ieper town centre and 13 Kms east of Kortrijk. From the E17, Kortrijk Gent motorway, turn off at junction 4 onto the N36 towards Vichte. The village of Vichte is located 6 Kms along the N36. At the traffic lights in the village turn right into Beukenhofstraat, then take the second right hand turning into Lendedreef and first left into Elf Novemberlaan. The cemetery is located on the left hand side of the Elf Novemberlaan.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The railway station at Vichte was captured by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment on 20 October 1918, and the village by the 9th (Scottish) Division two days later.
In Vichte Military Cemetery, Rows A and B and part of Row C in Plot I were made in October 1918, by the burial officers of the 9th and 31st Divisions, and the remainder of the cemetery was formed after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields. In June 1933, a further 31 graves were moved here from SWEVEGHEM CHURCHYARD.
Vichte Military Cemetery now contains 236 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 60 of them unidentified. There are also two Second World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Total Burials: 238.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 168, Canada 8. Total 176.
Unidentified World War One Casualties: 60.
World War Two Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Unidentified Casualty: 1.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
10034 Private
Henry Lea
41st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
25th October 1918, aged 36.
Plot III. B. 8.
Husband of Annie Lea, of 4 Court, Moss St., Prescot, Lancs.
Henry Lea
41st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
25th October 1918, aged 36.
Plot III. B. 8.
Husband of Annie Lea, of 4 Court, Moss St., Prescot, Lancs.
63285 Lance Corporal
Harold Marshall
18th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
31st October 1918.
Plot I. C. 9. (Coll.)
Harold Marshall
18th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
31st October 1918.
Plot I. C. 9. (Coll.)
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
The Two World War Two Burials (1 is unidentified)
6093042 Private Jeremiah Edward McDouall, 1/6th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 27th May 1940, aged 24. Row 5. D. 1A. Son of William Scott McDouall, and of Ellen McDouall, of Limehouse, London.
