Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Cemeteries
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= 1915-1918
established= 1915
designer= Sir Reginald Blomfield
coordinates= coord|50|51|41.0|N|02|54|54.1|E|
nearest_town= Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total= 477 (Grounds) 229 (Lawn)
unknowns= 111 (Grounds)
by_country=Allied Powers: (Grounds/Lawn)
*United Kingdom 399/191
*Australia 25/4
*Canada 49/22
*New Zealand 2/0
*South Africa 1/9
Central Powers: (Grounds/Lawn)
*Germany: 1/3
by_war=
World War I: 706
source=WW1Cemeteries.com [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/potijzechateaugroundscemetery.htm] [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/potijzechateaulawncemetery.htm] and the CWGC [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15701&mode=1] [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2000020&mode=1]

Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Cemeteries are Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial grounds for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient 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. [ [http://www.webmatters.net/belgium/ww1_friedhof_vladslo.htm First World War] , accessed 19 August 2006]

Foundation

These adjoining cemeteries are two of four in and around the site of the former Potijze Château. [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/potijzeburialgroundcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] , accessed 28 December 2007] ] The château was behind Allied lines for most of the war and served as an Advanced Dressing Station. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15700&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] accessed 28 December 2007] The château was destroyed by German artillery fire. [http://www.firstworldwar.com/today/potijzeburialground.htm firstworldwar.com] , accessed 28 December 2007]

The cemeteries were extended after the war by concentration of battlefield graves and small cemeteries from the north-east of Ypres. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15701&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Potijze Château Lawn] , accessed 28 December 2007] [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2000020&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Potijze Château Grounds] , accessed 28 December 2007]

The cemeteries were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

ee also

*Potijze Burial Ground Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
*Potijze Château Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

References

External links

* Lawn: cwgc cemetery|15701
* Grounds: cwgc cemetery|2000020