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This site presents the story of the First World War in the West Flanders region. The various categories provide a wealth of information about a range of subjects.
The Roll of Honour category is where you will find the details of all the men from Falkirk District who are buried or commemorated in the Immortal Salient.
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Dochy Farm New British Cemetery
This CWGC cemetery is a concentration cemetery created after the Armistice. It has a formal layout that shows it was not present during the fighting for this ridge. The farm after which the cemetery is named was captured by the 4th New Zealand Brigade, on 4 October 1917 during the Battle of Broodseinde, and was situated across the main road and down the slope.
Oct 13, 20227 min read
Divisional Cemetery
This CWGC cemetery was first used by Commonwealth units at the end of April 1915 and continued in use until May 1916. The cemetery was used again from July 1917, mostly by artillery units, for burials arising from the 1917 Flanders offensive. There are now 283 First World War burials within the cemetery.
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Artillery Wood Cemetery
Artillery Wood, just east of the canal, was captured by the Guards Division. The Guards began a small comrades cemetery just north of the wood when the fighting was over and it continued as a front line cemetery, being used by other units, until March 1918. Buried here are the poets Private Ellis Humphrey Evans 'Hedd Wyn' and L/Cpl Francis Edward Ledwidge. 2nd Lieutenant David Charles Phillips has a private memorial attached from his parents. They visited the grave in 1928.
Jan 5, 20227 min read
Zillebeke Churchyard the Aristocrats Cemetery
This is one of the most visited cemeteries. All of the British officers commemorated or buried at Zillebeke attended public schools before being commissioned and eight passed through Sandhurst and are very representative of the Edwardian officer class that went to War in 1914. Of the aristocrats buried here eight are listed in Burke’s Peerage, one is from a Russian aristocratic family, and three are in Burke’s Landed Gentry. The remainder have links to aristocratic or wealthy
Aug 9, 202115 min read
Zandvoorde British Cemetery
Zandvoorde British Cemetery was made after the Armistice when remains were brought in from the battlefields and nearby German cemeteries. Many were those of soldiers who died in the desperate fighting round Zandvoorde, Zillebeke and Gheluvelt in the latter part of October 1914. Of the 1583 buried here, 1,135 are unidentified.
Jul 30, 202111 min read
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
This cemetery was begun in October 1915 and used by fighting units and Field Ambulances until after the Armistice, when it contained 1,099
Jul 22, 202113 min read
Wytschaete Military Cemetery
Wytschaete (now Wijtschate) was known to the Tommies as ‘Whitesheets’ and was taken by the Germans early in November 1914.
Jul 19, 20218 min read
Woods Cemetery
Woods Cemetery was begun by the 1st Dorsets and the 1st East Surreys in April 1915; it was used until September 1917 by units holding...
Jun 30, 20214 min read
Wieltje Farm Cemetery
Wieltje Farm Cemetery. Authors image The village of Wieltje was in the front line throughout the War. Wieltje Farm Cemetery was made and...
Jun 29, 20215 min read
White House Cemetery
White House Cemetery was begun in March 1915 and used until April 1918 by units holding this part of the line. It then comprised most of...
Jun 21, 20214 min read
Westoutre Churchyard and Extension
The cemetery and extension is located in the village of Westoutre (now Westouter) which remained in Allied hands from the early months of...
Jun 21, 20213 min read
Voormezeele Enclosure No.3
The Voormezeele Enclosures (at one time there were a total of four, but now reduced to three) were originally regimental groups of graves,
Jun 21, 20216 min read
Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and 2
The Voormezeele Enclosures (at one time, there were a total of four, but now reduced to three) were originally regimental groups of...
Jun 20, 20212 min read
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
For much of the First World War, Vlamertinghe (now Vlamertinge) was just outside the normal range of German shell fire and the village...
Jun 20, 20214 min read
Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery
Authors image The German Uhlan Cavalry occupied the area in early October 1914 before retreating. A deciding factor in their retreat was...
Jun 20, 20219 min read
Underhill Farm Cemetery
'Underhill Farm' and 'Red Lodge' were the names given to two buildings on the north-western edge of Ploegsteert Wood. They were occupied...
Jun 17, 20214 min read
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
The cemetery is situated on a hill with views across the valley. It is best seen from the Dochy Farm New British Cemetery on the...
Jun 16, 202123 min read
The Huts Cemetery
This cemetery takes its name from a line of huts strung along the road from Dickebusch (now Dikkebus) to Brandhoek, which were used by...
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Tancrez Farm Cemetery
The commune of Ploegsteert remained under Allied occupation for much of the First World War, but was in German hands from 10 April to 29 September 1918. Tancrez Farm Cemetery stands behind a rebuilt farm house which during the war housed an aid post. It was begun in December 1914 and was carried on by field ambulances and fighting units until March 1918. The cemetery marks the point that is considered to be the southern limit of the Salient with the front line located some 50
Jun 6, 20212 min read
Strand Military Cemetery
The Australian Central Dressing Station 'Charing Cross' was the name given by the troops to this location. Nearby was a trench called...
Jun 5, 20213 min read
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