- Divisional Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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Not to be confused with Divisional Collecting Post Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and Extension.
Divisional Commonwealth War Graves Commission 
Used for those deceased 1915-1916 and 1917 Established April 1915 Location 50°50′53.9″N 02°51′27.7″E / 50.848306°N 2.857694°E near Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens Total burials 283 Unknown
burials6 Burials by nation Allied Powers: - United Kingdom: 192
- Canada: 26
- New Zealand: 65
Burials by war World War I: 283 Statistics source: wo1.be Divisional Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Vlamertinge at Ypres on the Western Front.
The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.[1]
Foundation
The cemetery was founded in April 1915.[2] The cemetery contains the bodies of 23 troops of the 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, killed when German forces attacked and took Hill 60 with the use of poison gas.[3]
Fighting then moved away from the Vlamertinge area, returning in July 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres and causing the cemetery to be reopened.[4] It was then used by artillery units until the line moved away again later that year.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[2]
References
- ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
- ^ a b Commonwealth War Graves Commission Divisional Cemetery Details, accessed 13 October 2007
- ^ wo1.be, accessed 13 October 2007
- ^ WW1Cemeteries.com, accessed 13 October 2007
External links
- Cemetery register: Details • Reports • Plans • Photographs. CWGC.
Artillery Wood • Bedford House • Blauwepoort Farm • Brandhoek Military · New · No 3 • Buffs Road • Chester Farm • Dickebusch New · Old • Divisional Collecting Post • Divisional • Duhallow ADS • Elzenwalle Brasserie • First DCLI, The Bluff • Hedge Row Trench • Hooge Crater • La Belle Alliance • La Brique • Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) • Menin Road South • New Irish Farm • Oxford Road • Perth (China Wall) • Potijze Burial Ground · Château Lawn and Grounds · Château Wood • RE Grave Railway Wood • Railway Chateau • Ramparts (Lille Gate) • Ridge Wood • Spoilbank • Track "X" • Tuileries • Voormezeele Enclosures • White House • Wieltje Farm • Woods • Ypres Reservoir • Ypres Town • Zillebeke ChurchyardCategories:- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium
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