WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
Location Information
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery is located 13 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Kemmelseweg N331 connecting Ieper to Kemmel.
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).
2 Kms after passing the village of Kemmel lies the left hand turning onto the Hooghofstraat. The cemetery lies 1.5 Kms along the Hooghofstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun in December 1914 by four battalions of the 5th Division and was called at first Wulverghem Dressing Station Cemetery. It was used until June 1917, and again in September and October 1918, and at the Armistice it contained 162 graves, the present Plot I. Graves were then brought in from the surrounding battlefields and the following smaller burial grounds:-
AUCKLAND CEMETERY, MESSINES, on the North bank of the Douve between Messines and Wulverghem, contained the graves of twelve New Zealand soldiers (including nine of the 2nd Auckland Regiment) who fell on the 7th June, 1917.
CORNWALL CEMETERY, MESSINES, 150 metres West of Auckland Cemetery, contained the graves of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom (including 20 of the 1st D.C.L.I.) who fell in December, 1914-January, 1915.
FRENCHMAN's FARM, WULVERGHEM, nearly 600 metres North of the village, contained several groups of graves; and in them were buried 29 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one French soldier who fell in 1914-15.
NEUVE-EGLISE NORTH CEMETERY was on the Neuve Eglise-Lindenhoek road. It contained the graves of 20 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 2nd and 3rd September, 1918, and of whom 16 belonged to the 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers.
NEUVE-EGLISE RAILWAY HALTE (or RAILWAY SIDING) CEMETERY was at the light railway station on the South side of the village. It contained the graves of 14 soldiers from the United Kingdom (including seven of Queen Victoria's Rifles) who fell on the 5th January, 1915.
These formed Plots II-V. Within these later plots almost the whole period of the war is represented, in particular the defence of the Kemmel front in April 1918 and the final advance of September 1918.
There are now 1,010 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 352 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to two casualties believed to be buried among them and to seven others buried elsewhere whose graves were destroyed in the fighting of 1917-18.
The Cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden & Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Casualty Details: UK 843; Canada 54; Australia 35; New Zealand 69; South Africa 9; Total Burials: 1010
Dedications
7/1816 Lance Corporal John Cyril White, 4th Bn. New Zealand Machine Gun Regiment, 07/06/1917, aged 26. Native of Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, beloved Son of John Thomas & Agnes White and Cousin of Roger D. Leupold.
Remembered by Roger Leupold, cousin
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery is located 13 Kms south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Kemmelseweg N331 connecting Ieper to Kemmel.
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).
2 Kms after passing the village of Kemmel lies the left hand turning onto the Hooghofstraat. The cemetery lies 1.5 Kms along the Hooghofstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun in December 1914 by four battalions of the 5th Division and was called at first Wulverghem Dressing Station Cemetery. It was used until June 1917, and again in September and October 1918, and at the Armistice it contained 162 graves, the present Plot I. Graves were then brought in from the surrounding battlefields and the following smaller burial grounds:-
AUCKLAND CEMETERY, MESSINES, on the North bank of the Douve between Messines and Wulverghem, contained the graves of twelve New Zealand soldiers (including nine of the 2nd Auckland Regiment) who fell on the 7th June, 1917.
CORNWALL CEMETERY, MESSINES, 150 metres West of Auckland Cemetery, contained the graves of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom (including 20 of the 1st D.C.L.I.) who fell in December, 1914-January, 1915.
FRENCHMAN's FARM, WULVERGHEM, nearly 600 metres North of the village, contained several groups of graves; and in them were buried 29 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one French soldier who fell in 1914-15.
NEUVE-EGLISE NORTH CEMETERY was on the Neuve Eglise-Lindenhoek road. It contained the graves of 20 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 2nd and 3rd September, 1918, and of whom 16 belonged to the 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers.
NEUVE-EGLISE RAILWAY HALTE (or RAILWAY SIDING) CEMETERY was at the light railway station on the South side of the village. It contained the graves of 14 soldiers from the United Kingdom (including seven of Queen Victoria's Rifles) who fell on the 5th January, 1915.
These formed Plots II-V. Within these later plots almost the whole period of the war is represented, in particular the defence of the Kemmel front in April 1918 and the final advance of September 1918.
There are now 1,010 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 352 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to two casualties believed to be buried among them and to seven others buried elsewhere whose graves were destroyed in the fighting of 1917-18.
The Cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden & Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Casualty Details: UK 843; Canada 54; Australia 35; New Zealand 69; South Africa 9; Total Burials: 1010
Dedications
7/1816 Lance Corporal John Cyril White, 4th Bn. New Zealand Machine Gun Regiment, 07/06/1917, aged 26. Native of Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, beloved Son of John Thomas & Agnes White and Cousin of Roger D. Leupold.
Remembered by Roger Leupold, cousin
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
41919 Private
Sidney Ash
2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
12th April 1918, aged 18.
Plot V. D. 18
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ash, of 285, Munition Cottages, Hobbrooks Lane, Foleshill, Coventry.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Craig Henderson
Sidney Ash
2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
12th April 1918, aged 18.
Plot V. D. 18
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ash, of 285, Munition Cottages, Hobbrooks Lane, Foleshill, Coventry.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Craig Henderson
7182 Lance Corporal
Henry Bloom
1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
31st March 1915, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 3.
Husband of Mrs. Jeannie Bloom, of 11, Edward's Yard, Providence St., King's Lynn.
"Remembered with honour"
Picture courtesy of Wendy Bloom
Henry Bloom
1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
31st March 1915, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 3.
Husband of Mrs. Jeannie Bloom, of 11, Edward's Yard, Providence St., King's Lynn.
"Remembered with honour"
Picture courtesy of Wendy Bloom
27222 Corporal
George Cockshoot, M. M.
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
25th September 1918, aged 25,
Plot IV. B. 28.
Resident of 40 Harwood Street, Darwen, Lancashire
After locating George's Active Service record and other documents, I have found that George volunteered for the Army on 13th March 1916 in Preston. He served with the 8th and 2nd Battalions, South Lancashire Regiment.
He was posted to the Western Front in July 1916 and was wounded for the first time on 9th August 1916. It seems that George was wounded in action on three separate occasions and was also once “buried by a shell” before returning to the front line.
He was promoted to rank of Corporal on 13th April 1918 and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in battle on 27th of June 1918. He was shot and killed by a sniper on 25th September 1918 whilst serving at the front line near Ypres in Belgium.
An obituary in remembrance of George Cockshoot was placed in the Darwen News of October 5th 1918 by his family, the obituary included a photograph and notes from two of his comrades.
Picture courtesy of Dominic Ceraldi, great, great nephew of this soldier
George Cockshoot, M. M.
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
25th September 1918, aged 25,
Plot IV. B. 28.
Resident of 40 Harwood Street, Darwen, Lancashire
After locating George's Active Service record and other documents, I have found that George volunteered for the Army on 13th March 1916 in Preston. He served with the 8th and 2nd Battalions, South Lancashire Regiment.
He was posted to the Western Front in July 1916 and was wounded for the first time on 9th August 1916. It seems that George was wounded in action on three separate occasions and was also once “buried by a shell” before returning to the front line.
He was promoted to rank of Corporal on 13th April 1918 and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in battle on 27th of June 1918. He was shot and killed by a sniper on 25th September 1918 whilst serving at the front line near Ypres in Belgium.
An obituary in remembrance of George Cockshoot was placed in the Darwen News of October 5th 1918 by his family, the obituary included a photograph and notes from two of his comrades.
Picture courtesy of Dominic Ceraldi, great, great nephew of this soldier
76206 Gunner
Arthur Lewis Faulknall
135th Battery, 32nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
2nd November 1914.
Plot V. E. 24.
He was 18 in September 1914 and killed on 2 November 1914 along with other members of his gun crew who are also buried in this cemetery.
Picture and information courtesy of Mark Faulknall (Great Nephew)
Arthur Lewis Faulknall
135th Battery, 32nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
2nd November 1914.
Plot V. E. 24.
He was 18 in September 1914 and killed on 2 November 1914 along with other members of his gun crew who are also buried in this cemetery.
Picture and information courtesy of Mark Faulknall (Great Nephew)
Picture © Geerhard Joos
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Personal letter sent by his commanding officer to Arthur's Grandmother. Please click on image to enlarge
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200236 Serjeant
James Harwood M. M.
1st/4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
25th September 1918, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 16.
Son of Henry and Sarah Harwood, of Orchard Place, Arundel, Sussex. He received his MM for action at Beersheba, Palestine November 1917.
Picture courtesy of Great, great, great nephew, Simon Whittle.
James Harwood M. M.
1st/4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
25th September 1918, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 16.
Son of Henry and Sarah Harwood, of Orchard Place, Arundel, Sussex. He received his MM for action at Beersheba, Palestine November 1917.
Picture courtesy of Great, great, great nephew, Simon Whittle.
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324762 Rifleman
John Hayes
6th Bn. London Regiment, (City of London Rifles)
28th September 1918
Plot IV. D. 24.
Picture courtesy of Joe Pengelly, great nephew of this soldier
John Hayes
6th Bn. London Regiment, (City of London Rifles)
28th September 1918
Plot IV. D. 24.
Picture courtesy of Joe Pengelly, great nephew of this soldier
16915 Private
John Heywood
13th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
7th June 1917, aged 25.
Plot III. G. 15.
Son of James and Esther Heywood, of 5, Albion St., Hyde.
Picture courtesy of Arthur Heywood
John Heywood
13th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
7th June 1917, aged 25.
Plot III. G. 15.
Son of James and Esther Heywood, of 5, Albion St., Hyde.
Picture courtesy of Arthur Heywood
12704 Private
F. Honeybell
1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th March 1915.
Plot II. E. 23.
F. Honeybell
1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th March 1915.
Plot II. E. 23.
Second Lieutenant
Harold Housecroft
4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
19th November 1914, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 26.
Son of Harry and Emia Housecroft, of 121, Thurleigh Rd., Balham, London.
Harold Housecroft
4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
19th November 1914, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 26.
Son of Harry and Emia Housecroft, of 121, Thurleigh Rd., Balham, London.
11056 Private
Joseph Hyland
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
2nd September 1918.
Plot IV. G. 23.
"The boy lies sleeping, no more the gun,s the boy lies sleeping, no more suns"
Picture courtesy of his nephew, Charles Hyland
Joseph Hyland
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
2nd September 1918.
Plot IV. G. 23.
"The boy lies sleeping, no more the gun,s the boy lies sleeping, no more suns"
Picture courtesy of his nephew, Charles Hyland
394587 Rifleman
Harold William Martin
9th Bn. London Regiment
(Queen Victoria's Rifles)
4th September 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. D. 34.
Son of Charles David and Elizabeth Ann Martin, of 4, Brunswick Rd., Bexleyheath, Kent.
Picture courtesy of Kim Towler, Rifleman Martin has no known family left to remember him and is now forever remembered on our Roll of Honour
Harold William Martin
9th Bn. London Regiment
(Queen Victoria's Rifles)
4th September 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. D. 34.
Son of Charles David and Elizabeth Ann Martin, of 4, Brunswick Rd., Bexleyheath, Kent.
Picture courtesy of Kim Towler, Rifleman Martin has no known family left to remember him and is now forever remembered on our Roll of Honour
Original Grave at Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery of 75320 Private, William Clark, 29th Bn. Canadian Infantry. 13th October 1915. Son of John D. and Marion B. Clark, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Now buried in Plot I. E. 4. © Jeremy Gordon-Smith
