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Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ypres (Ieper)
Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ypres (Ieper)
A community for those buried in this cemetery. From October 1914 to the summer of 1918, Ypres (now Ieper) formed the centre of a salient held by Commonwealth (and for a while French) forces. From April 1915, the town was bombarded and destroyed more completely than any other town of its size on the western front. The cemetery is by the Lille Gate, on top of the old rampart, over what had been dug-outs. It was begun by French troops in November 1914 and used by Commonwealth units at intervals from February 1915 to April 1918. The cemetery contains 198 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The French graves have been removed. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
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Born 1894
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 628202
Canadian Expeditionary Force 628202 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1890
Died 1915
British Army 9303 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry
British Army 9303 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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Born 1894
Died 1915
British Army 1291 Lance Corporal Royal Scots
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Died 1917
British Army 36383 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 27040 Private Wiltshire Regiment
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Born 1866
Died 1915
British Army 3/2145 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry
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Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
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Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army 9764 Private Lincolnshire Regiment
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Born 1883
Died 1915
British Army 14095 Private Cheshire Regiment
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Born 1885
Died 1918
British Army 23863 Gloucestershire Regiment
British Army 139636 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers
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Born 1881
Died 1915
British Army 15298 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers
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Died 1915
British Army S/894 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army S/894 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
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Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army 66889 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade
British Army 66889 Gunner Royal Field Artillery
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Died 1917
British Army 13055 Private Manchester Regiment
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Died 1917
British Army 30936 Private South Staffordshire Regiment
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Born 1890
Died 1914
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 26th Brigade, 117th Battery
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Born 1894
Died 1915
British Army L/8453 Private East Kent Regiment
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