Bleuet Farm Cemetery
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- Mar 14, 2021
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Updated: Jun 15
The cemetery was begun in readiness for the British offensives in the Salient in 1917. It was located next to a Dressing Station and was in use from June 1917 to December 1917. Of the graves, 148 are men from the Guards or the Guards Machine Gun Regiments. Two graves were added after the Armistice and the French graves were removed. There are nine World War Two graves. Elverdinge village was a major centre for British railways, hospitals, supply depots and camps, and a light railway ran along the road from the village to the front line. Elverdinge Chateau, until it was accidentally burnt down by British cooks, was a headquarters used by several units.
FALKIRK DISTRICT MEN BURIED HERE
Denny & Dunipace
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
24.9.17
I.E.44
The only son of Rt Hon. Edward Shortt, KC Liberal MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West, 1910 to 1922 and Home Secretary in David Lloyd George’s cabinet from 1919 to 22
Leutnant Karl Heinrich Voss
There are three graves of men who were court martialled for offences committed during Third Ypres.
Cemetery Location
The cemetery is located to the west of the village of Elverdinge, north of Ieper, on the Elverdinge – Boezinge Road. It is next to the farm where the Dressing Station was located.
Burials
UK – 437
Canadian – 1
New Foundland – 1
South African – 3
German – 1
World War Two - 9
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