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VOORMEZELE CHURCHYARD
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West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.81684, Longitude: 2.87552

Location Information

Voormezele Churchyard is located 4 kilometres south-west of Ieper town centre, on the Ruusschaartstraat, a road leading from the Kemmelseweg (connecting Ieper to Kemmel N331).

From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg (made prominent by a railway level crossing).

Turn right onto the Kemmelseweg and follow this road to the first crossroads, turn left here into Ruusschaartstraat. The church and churchyard are located 1 kilometre along the Ruusschaartstraat on the left hand side of the road in Voormezele Dorp.



Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. 


Historical Information

Voormezele Churchyard contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.


Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem

Voormezele Churchyard
Voormezele Churchyard
Voormezele Churchyard
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Lieutenant
Edwin Winwood Robinson
D Squadron, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
25th October 1914, aged 26.

​Son of Herbert J. and Agnes E. Robinson, of Moor Wood, Cirencester, Glos.

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  • France
    • AISNE
    • MARNE
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    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-ET-MARNE
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
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    • French Memorials
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  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
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