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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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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 CWGC 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
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
This is a beautiful CWGC cemetery which is located in a quiet copse the name of which originates from the trees planted here rather than any Canadian connection. Sitting on the seat outside the cemetery you can see how important Hill 62, Tor Top, and Observatory Ridge were. You can usually see the Canadian Monument on Hill 62 and Sanctuary Wood. Being close to the front line there were Advance Dressing Stations located within the copse
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
Solferino Farm Cemetery
The farm opposite the cemetery was named Solferino by the French who occupied this area in early 1915
Dec 10, 20245 min read
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery
The Reninghelst New Military Cemetery was begun in November 1915, after the Churchyard and Extension could no longer cope with the number of dead from the surrounding Field Ambulances. It was in use until September 1918. Reninghelst was located in a restricted zone close to the front line along with the nearby villages of Ouderdom and Dickebusch. From October 1914, the area around Reninghelst was heavily populated with gun pits, camps, Field Ambulances, railways linking the v
Nov 30, 202411 min read
Reninghelst Churchyard and Extension
Australian Chaplain buried here. He had never set foot in Australia. Arthur Martin, surgeon with 15th Field Ambulance wrote about the church
Nov 30, 20244 min read
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