YPRES TOWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.85396, Longitude: 2.8962
Location Information
Ypres Town Cemetery is located 1 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Zonnebeekseweg, connecting Ieper to Menen on the N345. From Ieper town centre the Zonnebeekseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, and the Zonnebeekseweg is the first left turning. The cemetery itself is located 300 metres along the Zonnebeekseweg on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance. The cemetery register for this site can be found in the register box of Ypres Town Cemetery Extension.
Historical Information
From October 1914 to the summer of 1918, Ypres (now Ieper) formed the centre of a salient held by Commonwealth (and for a while French) forces. From April 1915, the town was bombarded and destroyed more completely than any other town of its size on the western front.
YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, close to the Menin Gate, was used from October 1914 to May 1915, and once in 1918. The cemetery contains 145 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, grouped in plots among the civil graves.
Total Burials: 145.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 135, India 1. Total 136.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 9.
The EXTENSION, on the east side of the town cemetery, was also begun in October 1914 and was used until April 1915, and on two further occasions in 1918. The Extension was much increased after the Armistice when 367 graves were brought in from small cemeteries and isolated positions east and north of Ypres.
There are now 601 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in the extension. 137 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to 16 servicemen known or believed to be buried among them. Second World War burials number 43, of which 13 are unidentified.
Total Burials: 673.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 434, Canada 15, Australia 13, India 1, South Africa 1. Total 464.
World War One unidentified Casualties: 137.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 29, Canada 1. Total 30.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 13.
The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Ypres Town Cemetery is located 1 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Zonnebeekseweg, connecting Ieper to Menen on the N345. From Ieper town centre the Zonnebeekseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, and the Zonnebeekseweg is the first left turning. The cemetery itself is located 300 metres along the Zonnebeekseweg on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance. The cemetery register for this site can be found in the register box of Ypres Town Cemetery Extension.
Historical Information
From October 1914 to the summer of 1918, Ypres (now Ieper) formed the centre of a salient held by Commonwealth (and for a while French) forces. From April 1915, the town was bombarded and destroyed more completely than any other town of its size on the western front.
YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, close to the Menin Gate, was used from October 1914 to May 1915, and once in 1918. The cemetery contains 145 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, grouped in plots among the civil graves.
Total Burials: 145.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 135, India 1. Total 136.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 9.
The EXTENSION, on the east side of the town cemetery, was also begun in October 1914 and was used until April 1915, and on two further occasions in 1918. The Extension was much increased after the Armistice when 367 graves were brought in from small cemeteries and isolated positions east and north of Ypres.
There are now 601 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in the extension. 137 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to 16 servicemen known or believed to be buried among them. Second World War burials number 43, of which 13 are unidentified.
Total Burials: 673.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 434, Canada 15, Australia 13, India 1, South Africa 1. Total 464.
World War One unidentified Casualties: 137.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 29, Canada 1. Total 30.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 13.
The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
Bodies of four officers under blankets awaiting burial at the Ypres Cemetery, 1st November 1914. © IWM Q 57326
Lieutenant
H. H. Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg, K. C. V .O.,
Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
27th October 1914, aged 23.
Plot 1. B.
Youngest son of Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice of Battenberg and grandson of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India.
H. H. Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg, K. C. V .O.,
Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
27th October 1914, aged 23.
Plot 1. B.
Youngest son of Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice of Battenberg and grandson of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India.
Lieutenant
Robert Flint Drake
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
17th November 1914, aged 22.
Plot E2. 16.
Son of John R. and Eva L. Drake, of Batchwood Hall, St. Albans.
Robert Flint Drake
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
17th November 1914, aged 22.
Plot E2. 16.
Son of John R. and Eva L. Drake, of Batchwood Hall, St. Albans.
12492 Guardsman
George Henry Huffen
1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
25th October 1914, aged 27.
Plot A1. 15.
Son of Joseph and Jane Huffen, of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts; husband of Mercy Elizabeth Petty (formerly Huffen), of I, Judd Cottages, Cottemore Lane, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
George Henry Huffen
1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
25th October 1914, aged 27.
Plot A1. 15.
Son of Joseph and Jane Huffen, of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts; husband of Mercy Elizabeth Petty (formerly Huffen), of I, Judd Cottages, Cottemore Lane, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Captain The Honourable
Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland
1st Bn. Irish Guards
1st November 1914, aged 32.
Plot E2. 3.
Son of 2nd Baron Dunleath and Baroness Dunleath, of Ballywater Park, Co. Down, Ireland; husband of Lady Joan Mulholland (now Countess of Cavan), of 22, Great Cumberland Place, London, W.
Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland
1st Bn. Irish Guards
1st November 1914, aged 32.
Plot E2. 3.
Son of 2nd Baron Dunleath and Baroness Dunleath, of Ballywater Park, Co. Down, Ireland; husband of Lady Joan Mulholland (now Countess of Cavan), of 22, Great Cumberland Place, London, W.
Second Lieutenant
Roger Henry Schunck
1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
31st October 1914, aged 30.
Plot E1. 9.
Son of the late Martin Hubert and Gertrude Elizabeth Schunck.
Roger Henry Schunck
1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
31st October 1914, aged 30.
Plot E1. 9.
Son of the late Martin Hubert and Gertrude Elizabeth Schunck.
Captain
Graham Percival Shedden
35th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
31st October 1914, aged 28.
Plot E2. 14.
Son of George and Alice Shedden, of Spring Hill, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Picture of his grave in gallery below
Graham Percival Shedden
35th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
31st October 1914, aged 28.
Plot E2. 14.
Son of George and Alice Shedden, of Spring Hill, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Picture of his grave in gallery below
Second Lieutenant
Gervase Thorpe Spendlove
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
17th November 1914, aged 18.
Plot E2. 19.
Son of Joseph Gervase Spendlove and Edith Mary Spendlove, of Brooklands, North Collingham, Notts. Born at Nottingham.
Gervase Thorpe Spendlove
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
17th November 1914, aged 18.
Plot E2. 19.
Son of Joseph Gervase Spendlove and Edith Mary Spendlove, of Brooklands, North Collingham, Notts. Born at Nottingham.
4518 Private
L. A. Wright
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
26th October 1914.
Plot A3. 1.
L. A. Wright
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
26th October 1914.
Plot A3. 1.
Battles of Ypres. A 12inch howitzer of the 104th Siege Battery in Ypres. 27th August 1917. © IWM Q 7807
Lieutenant Colonel Owen Mortimer Lanyon and Captain Charles, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, 4th Division, collecting roofing glass for periscope making. Ypres, May 1915. © IWM Q 56696
British sentry near the ruined cathedral in Ypres, 5th September 1917. © IWM Q 3121
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Two almost identical scenes of Ypres in 1912 and then November 1914 after the first German bombardment of the city. © IWM (Q 57290)
The Brick Arches, Cloth Hall, Ypres, November 1914.
Ruins of the Cathedral at Ypres, 22 November 1916. © IWM Q 6213
