Potijze Château Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Potijze Château Wood
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= 1915-1918
established= 1915
designer= Sir Reginald Blomfield
coordinates= coord|50|51|41.3|N|02|54|47.3|E|
nearest_town= Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total= 157
unknowns= 6
by_country=Allied Powers:
*United Kingdom 151
*Canada 6
by_war=
World War I: 157
source= [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/potijzechateauwoodcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] and [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15702&mode=1 CWGC]

Potijze Château Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground 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

The cemetery is one 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 cemetery holds the bodies of 46 soldiers, from the Hampshire and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers regiments, who were killed in August 1916 by poison gas. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=15702&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] , accessed 29 December 2008]

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

ee also

*Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries
*Potijze Burial Ground Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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