Hedge Row Trench Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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| Hedge Row Trench | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased 1915-1917 | |
| Established | March 1915 |
| Location | near Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Designed by | J R Truelove |
| Total burials | 98 |
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Allies of World War I:
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| Burials by war | |
| World War I: 98 | |
| Statistics source: WO1.be | |
Hedge Row Trench 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.[1]
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[edit] Foundation
The cemetery, also known as Ravine Wood Cemetery, was founded in March 1915 and closed in August 1917.[2] Being directly on the front line, the cemetery was repeatedly shelled and the original locations of the graves could not be established.[3] The majority[4] of the stones are therefore arrayed in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice and are marked "known to be buried in this cemetery",[5] with the default additional phrase "Their glory shall not be blotted out", a line suggested by Rudyard Kipling.[6][7]
The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.[2]
[edit] Other cemeteries on "The Bluff"
- First DCLI Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, The Bluff
- Woods Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
[edit] References
- ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
- ^ a b CWGC :: Cemetery Details. www.cwgc.org. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ Wereldoorlog in de Westhook - Hedge Row Trench. www.wo1.be. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ The main sources imply that all of the gravestones are in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission plan of the cemetery, as confirmed by the sources' own photographs, shows that there are also a non-symetrical number of gravestones against each of the four walls.
- ^ HEDGE ROW TRENCH CEMETERY. ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
- ^ Moore, Steve and Barbara. Ypres Salient September 2004. www.ypressalient.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ Honigsbaum, Mark. Pro patria mori?. commentisfree.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
[edit] External links
- CWGC cemetery register: Details • Reports • Plans • Photographs
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