Woods Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name = Woods
body = Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates = 1915-1918
established = April 1915
designer = Sir Edwin Lutyens
coordinates = coord|50|49|21|N|02|54|55|E|
nearest_town = Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total = 326
by_country = Allies of World War I:
*United Kingdom: 202
*Canada: 111
*Australia: 3
by_war =
World War I: 326
source = [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/woodscemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com]

Woods 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 made by the 1st Battalions of the Dorset and East Surrey Regiments in April 1915.cite web
url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=53100&mode=1|title=CWGC :: Cemetery Details|publisher=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-05-05] It closed in September 1917. Many of the burials are from the London Regiment and the Canadian 2nd, 3rd and 10th Divisions. [cite web|url=http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5693|title=Wereldoorlog I in de Westhoek - Woods Cemetery|publisher=www.wo1.be|accessdate=2008-05-05] For much of the war,cite web|url=http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/woodscemetery.htm|title=WOODS CEMETERY|publisher=ww1cemeteries.com|accessdate=2008-05-05] the front line ran just beyond the trees the cemetery is named for.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Other cemeteries on "The Bluff"

*First DCLI Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, The Bluff
*Hedge Row Trench Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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