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We provide detailed records, personal biographies, and cemetery information for soldiers from Falkirk District who served in the Ypres Salient during WWI. Explore our Roll of Honour and other dedicated sections for comprehensive insights.
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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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Menin Gate Memorial
The battles of the Ypres Salient claimed many lives on both sides and it quickly became clear that the commemoration of members of the Commonwealth forces with no known grave would have to be divided between several different sites. The site of the Menin Gate was chosen because of the hundreds of thousands of men who passed through it on their way to the battlefields. It commemorates casualties from the forces of Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and the UK who died in t
Apr 14, 202123 min read
Mendinghem British Cemetery
Mendinghem, like Dozinghem and Bandaghem, were the popular names given by the troops to groups of casualty clearing stations posted to...
Apr 7, 20215 min read
London Rifle Brigade 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...
Apr 6, 20215 min read
Locre Churchyard
Locre Churchyard. Authors image Locre Churchyard (now Loker) was in Allied hands during the greater part of the war, and field ambulances were stationed in the Convent of St. Antoine. The village changed hands several times between 25 and 30 April 1918, when it was recaptured by the French. The hospice, or convent, was the scene of severe fighting on 20 May, but was not retaken until first week in July. Loker Churchyard was used by field ambulances and fighting units from Dec
Apr 5, 20214 min read
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, CWGC, 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. Sited beside the railway sidings on the Hazebrouck-Poperinghe railway, between the premises of local farmer, Remy Quaghe
Apr 3, 202112 min read
Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery
Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, CWGC, Ypres, Hill 60, The cemetery is off the beaten track and is not one of the more visited of the military cemeteries and it is difficult to imagine that this was one of the last comparatively safe spots on the way from Ypres to Hill 60. Hill 60 rises only 60m above sea level, hence the name given to it by the British army cartographers, yet it is synonymous with the slaughter on the most vicious scale within the confines of the Ypres
Mar 31, 20218 min read
La Clytte Military Cemetery
The first burial in the La Clytte Military Cemetery, CWGC, took place on the 1st November 1914, and between that date and April 1918, Plots I, II and III and part of Plot IV were filled. The hamlet of La Clytte was used as Brigade Headquarters, and the burials were carried out by Infantry, Artillery and Engineer units (out of 600, 250 are those of Artillery personnel and 66 are those of Engineers).
Mar 30, 20214 min read
Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery
The village of Kemmel and the adjoining hill, Mont Kemmel, were the scene of fierce fighting in the latter half of April 1918, in which both Commonwealth and French forces were engaged. The cemetery was begun in January 1917 and Plots I to III were made by field ambulances and fighting units before the middle of January 1918. Plot IV was begun in April 1918.
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery
Kemmel Chateau was north-east of Kemmel village and the cemetery was established on the north side of the chateau grounds in December...
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Kandahar Farm Cemetery
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, CWGC, Ypres, was near the village of Wulverghem (now Wulvergem) and for much of the war, the front line ran a little east of the village. The cemetery was used by Commonwealth Divisions holding this sector from November 1914 to April 1918, when it fell into German hands with the capture of Wulverghem and Neuve-Eglise (now Nieuwkerke). The two villages were recovered in early September and the cemetery was used again. Many of the British buried here wer
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Hooge Crater Cemetery
Hooge Crater Cemetery, CWGC, Hooge, Menin Road, has a formal layout and has good views to Sanctuary Wood. The fields beyond the boundary wall at the bottom of the cemetery were once the site of the shattered Zouave Wood. As you enter the cemetery there is a circular feature which represents the mine crater blown in 1915. On the other side of the Menin Road from the Cemetery stood the Hooge Chateau, only the stables remain now as a hotel. The Bellewaarde Water Park now stands
Mar 27, 202113 min read
Haringhe (Bandaghem) British Cemetery
Haringhe (Bandaghem) British Cemetery, CWGC, Ypres, like Dozinghem Military Cemetery and Mendinghem British Cemetery, were the popular names given by the troops to groups of casualty clearing stations posted to this area during the First World War. The cemetery site was chosen in July 1917 for the 62nd and 63rd Casualty Clearing Stations and burials from these and other hospitals (notably the 36th Casualty Clearing Station in 1918) continued until October 1918.
Mar 25, 20214 min read
Hagle Dump Cemetery
This cemetery was begun on 27 April 1918. It was located next to a camp that was named Hagle Farm Camp. Plot I, Row C and D contain the graves of twenty-three men killed when an ammunition dump exploded on 27 April 1918 and they are the reason Hagle Dump Cemetery exists. The Belgian houses were demolished in the explosion and the shack blown to match wood and Red Farm ADS, located some 500 yards from the explosion, was also blown away.
Mar 25, 202114 min read
Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, CWGC, Godewaersvelde is a village near the Belgian border, about 16 kilometres south-west of Ieper (in Belgium), and is half-way between Poperinge (in Belgium) and Hazebrouck (in France). The Cemetery is a little east of the village. It was begun in July 1917 when three Casualty Clearing Stations were moved to Godewaersvelde. The 37th and the 41st CCS used it until November 1917, the 11th CCS until April 1918, and from April to August 1918
Mar 24, 20215 min read
Essex Farm Cemetery
Essex Farm Cemetery is probably the most famous and visited cemetery in the Ypres Salient. The Essex Farm Cemetery gets its name from the small farm building that was here in the War and which the Dressing Station was established in April 1915. The 4th Division took over this sector in April 1915 and an A.D.S. was established by their RAMC. The land south of Essex Farm was used as a Dressing Station cemetery from April 1915 to August 1917. The burials were made without defini
Mar 23, 20216 min read
Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station (A.D.S.) Cemetery
Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, believed to have been named after a southern Irish hunt, was a medical post 1.6 kilometres north of...
Mar 22, 20213 min read
Dranoutre Military Cemetery
Dranoutre (now Dranouter) was occupied by the 1st Cavalry Division on 14 October 1914. It was captured by the Germans on 25 April 1918,...
Mar 21, 20212 min read
Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, CWGC, Ypres, The 4th, 47th and 61st Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Dozinghem and the military cemetery was used by them until early in 1918. Dozinghem was originally commanded by a Colonel Chopping, the name Choppinghem was suggested for the site but changed to Dosinghem or Dozinghem to suggest a less brutal form of care. To British soldiers who knew Dozinghem it was considered an easy target for German artillery.
Mar 21, 20216 min read
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery
The New Military Cemetery was begun in February 1915 (in succession to the Old Military Cemetery near the Church) and was used until May 1917 by neighbouring fighting units and field ambulances. The 31st (Alberta) Canadian Infantry Battalion erected a memorial in it to 22 of their numbers who fell in April 1916. A few further burials took place in March and April 1918. The Extension was used from May 1917 to January 1918. The two cemeteries are treated, so far as possible, as
Mar 20, 20214 min read
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension Authors image The New Military Cemetery was begun in February 1915 (in succession to the Old...
Mar 20, 20212 min read
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