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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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 1881
Died 1915
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Died 1917
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Died 1918
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Died 1917
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British Army 15526 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery
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Born 1882
Died 1917
British Army 358797 Private Liverpool Regiment
British Army 358797 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army 10890 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion
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British Army 2894 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 8405 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 8405 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 11163 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion
British Army 11163 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 6869 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
British Army 373747 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
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Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army 3129 Private British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Garrison Artillery 3rd Battalion attached 233 Siege Battery
British Army 3129 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 373980 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
British Army 7132 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
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Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army S/17747 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 17 Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1201 Corporal 4th Field Ambulance
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Born 1874
Died 1917
British Army M2/073965 Private Army Service Corps
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Born 1896
Died 1918
British Army 248319 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C Battery, 50th Brigade
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Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2214 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry 21st Battalion
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British Army S/23421 Private Cameron Highlanders 9th Battalion
British Army 4468 Private Labour Corps
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