Brandhoek New Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name = Brandhoek New Military
body = Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates = 1917
established = July 1917
designer = Sir Reginald Blomfield
coordinates = coord|50|51|10|N|02|47|16|E|
nearest_town = Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total = 558
by_country = Allies of World War I:
*United Kingdom: 512
*Australia: 11
*Canada: 6
*Undivided India: 1
Central Powers:
*Germany: 28
by_war =
World War I: 558
source = [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/brandhoeknewmilitarycemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com]

Brandhoek New Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near Ypres (now "Ieper") in Belgium 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 was begun by the British in July 1917 to replace the nearby Brandhoek Military Cemetery, which closed with the arrival of the 32nd, 3rd Australian and 44th Casualty Clearing Stations as part of the preparations for the Battle of Passchendaele.cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=4003808&mode=1|title=CWGC :: Cemetery Details|publisher=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-05-04]

The cemetery closed a month latercite web|url=http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/brandhoeknewmilitarycemetery.htm|title=BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY|publisher=ww1cemeteries.com|accessdate=2008-05-04] and Brandhoek New Military No 3 Cemetery opened to replace it.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Notable graves

Buried here is Oxford-born Captain Dr Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC and bar MC. Chavasse was one of only three people to have won the Victoria Cross twice, once on 9 August 1916 at Guillemont, in France and later at Brandhoek, where he died from wounds sustained in the operation he was decorated for. [cite web|url=http://www.chavasse.u-net.com/chavasse.html|title=Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, VC and Bar, MC, RAMC|publisher=www.chavasse.u-net.com|accessdate=2008-05-04|last=Jones|first=Ian]

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