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Welcome to the Ypres Salient
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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Messines Ridge British Cemetery
The cemetery stands on ground that belonged to the 'Institution Royale' (the Cross of Sacrifice is on the site of the Institution's windmill), was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefield around Messines. At the entrance to the cemetery is a New Zealand Memorial to the 840 men who are missing from the fighting that took place. There is also a pavilion, not unlike that at Buttes New Cemetery at Polygon Wood, within the cemetery which commemorat
2 days ago13 min read
Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery
Killed in action 15 October 1915 – There were nine men killed on this day. At 1.30am The Germans blew a small mine outside the trenches held by the Camerons Highlanders with the War Diary recording the events.
Jul 217 min read
RATION FARM (LA PLUS DOUVE) ANNEX CEMETERY
On the 6 October 1917, the 9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry, were in the Messines sector billeted at Neuve-Eglise, now Nieuwkerke, in a relatively quiet area, although they were subjected to sporadic shelling. They trained and provided working parties as well as a detachment for duty at an army prison. On the 14 October the battalion moved into the ruins of Messines village. On the 16 October the War Diary recorded that: ‘Battalion HQ heavily and c
Jul 184 min read
LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY
The La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery was started by the 48th (South Midland) Division in April 1915, men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as they held the line here until June 1915, and was in use until May 1918, when it was used by the Germans who had captured the farm in April 1918. Lieutenant Bruce Bairnsfather an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, at the request of his Colonel, was billeted here and was asked to decorate the walls of the rooms with sketches.
Jul 184 min read
Bethleem Farm West Cemetery
Bethleem Farm West Cemetery was made by units of the 3rd Australian Division (it was known to them as the '3rd Division General Cemetery'), who captured Bethleem Farm, which can be found to the north-east, on 7 June 1917 during the Battle of Messines. It continued to be used by the 14th (Light) Division until the end of 1917.
Jul 66 min read
Bethleem Farm East Cemetery
Bethleem Farm East Cemetery was made by Australian units when the nearby Bethleem Farm was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 7 June 1917, in the Battle of Messines. The majority of the burials are those of officers and men of the Division killed in action on 8 or 10 June, though the cemetery continued to be used until the following September. There are 44 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Located nearby is Bethleem Farm West Ce
Jun 207 min read
Hospital Farm Cemetery
Hospital Farm was the name given to a farm building used as a dressing station. It was traditionally called Hospitaalhoeve as the farm was once owned by the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta The cemetery was used particularly in 1915 and in 1917 by regiments and batteries engaged in the fighting around Ypres.
Jun 110 min read
Red Farm Cemetery
This is one of the smallest cemeteries in the Ypres Salient and it is certainly not on any tour guides itinerary as they and many others are focused on Brandhoek further along the road. Red Farm Military Cemetery contains 46 burials of the First World War, 17 are unidentified, and there are three civilians buried here. Twenty of the 46 burials are men who lost their lives on 27 April 1918 and three Belgian civilians. The formation of this cemetery is due to the events on 27 A
May 296 min read
Gwalia Cemetery
British West Indies Regt, Tank Corps, Chaplain. The cemetery was begun in July 1917 and remained in use until September 1918. It lay among the camps in flat, wet country and was used by infantry units, artillery and field ambulances
May 1613 min read
Hop Store Cemetery
The Hop Store Cemetery, interestingly on the base of the Cross of Sacrifice the name of the cemetery is Hop Store British Cemetery, opened in May 1915
May 1013 min read
Maple Copse Cemetery
There is an alias, Canadian Tunnellers, British engineers, connection to a famous TV series, boy soldiers, man arrested under the Army Act
Apr 2716 min read
St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery
There was a dressing station in the estimanet and the cemetery was begun in February 1915 by the 46th (North Midland) Division (Plot I, rows E and F) and was used by the Divisions in this sector until the German offensive of April 1918.
Apr 1310 min read
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery
The cemetery was begun in December 1914 by four battalions of the 5th Division and was called at first Wulverghem Dressing Station Cemetery. It was used until June 1917, and again in September and October 1918, and at the Armistice it contained 162 graves, the present Plot I.
Apr 49 min read
Wulverghem Churchyard
The churchyard was used for Commonwealth burials by fighting units from November 1914 to April 1915. There were only two houses left standing in the village in February 1915. The church, ruined in the war, was rebuilt in 1925.
Feb 156 min read
Ypres Town Cemetery
The British dead are in the south corner with one group against the retaining wall that faces onto the Menin Road with the largest group to
Jan 319 min read
Motor Car Corner Cemetery
Two New Zealand brothers buried here, RAF pilot from 79 Squadron..
Jan 35 min read
Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery
On the 13 May 1915, the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters were in the line at Le Touquet trenches when at 4.20am the Germans
Dec 31, 20249 min read
Gunners Farm Military Cemetery
There is a communal grave with twelve men killed in mine blown on 2 December as well as two boy soldiers buried here.
Dec 28, 20246 min read
Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery
There are two men killed in the 1914 Xmas truce and eight boy soldiers buried here.
Dec 21, 202410 min read
Bus House Cemetery
The cemetery stands behind a farm-house that was called Bus House by the troops after an estaminet and then after a London Omnibus that had
Dec 14, 20249 min read
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