Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces. From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places. The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 24 being unidentified. There are 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German, 11 of these are unidentified. There is 1 Non World War burial here. There is also a section with 35 graves for workers of the Chinese Labour Corps who died in the area of Ypres and Poperinge during and just after the First World War. The only concentration burials were 24 added to Plot XXXI in 1920 from isolated positions near Poperinghe and 17 added to Plot XXXII from St. Denijs Churchyard in 1981. ght of the headstones are Special Memorials to men known to be buried in this cemetery, these are located together alongside Plot 32 near the Stone of Remembrance.
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Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army S9701 Acting Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion
British Army S9701 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion
Died 1917
British Army 3209 Private British West Indies Regiment
British Army 3209 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
Born 1882
Died 1917
British Army 2073 Private Honourable Artillery Company
British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps general list Battalion
Born 1888
Died 1915
British Army 818 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Born 1890
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 60th Battalion
Born 1883
Died 1917
British Army 5267 Private Royal Highlanders
British Army 36765 Private Royal Defence Corps
British Army 4784 Private Tr. Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 2624 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
Born 1889
Died 1915
British Army S/3439 Private Gordon Highlanders
British Army S/3439 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 1427 Private London Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd Battalion
Born 1882
Died 1918
British Army Captain 3rd Divisional Ammunition Park
British Army Major 9th Divisional Artillery Head Quarters
British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery
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Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army 93167 Private Durham Light Infantry 19th Battalion
British Army 14/1020 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
Born 1881
Died 1917
Other Empire Force 11773 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 12152 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion
Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army S/10264 Private Gordon Highlanders 9th battalion
British Army S/10264 Private Gordon Highlanders 9th Battalion
British Army S/10264 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion
Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army 3696 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 373518 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
British Army 6613 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
Born 1899
Died 1918
British Army G/60588 Private Middlesex Regiment
British Army 60588 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalion
British Army G/60588 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1917
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 2 General Hospital Le Havre
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 44 Casualty Clearing Station Brandhoek
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Whittington Military Hospital
Born 1887
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1305 Lieutenant 29th Canadian Infantry Bn.
Died 1917
British Army 11308 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion
Born 1891
Died 1917
British Army 2341 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Bn.