BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
Boezinge
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
The cemetery takes its name from a house which lay between the road and the canal bank, close to a bridge known as Bard’s Causeway. It was first used in June 1915 and was in constant use until October 1918. After the armistice graves were brought in to Plot VI, Row C from the fields surrounding. 32 of the 46 graves which were added were taken from Marengo Farm Cemetery which lay close to this cemetery away to the south.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: From the station turn left into M. Fochlaan and go to the roundabout, turn right and continue to the next roundabout. Turn right here, into Oude Veurnestraat, and then take the second turn on the left, which is the Diksmuidseweg, and continue on and under the motorway bridge, the cemetery can be found a further 300m on the left. Access and parking are easy.
Casualty Details:
UK 1622
Canada 15
South Africa 2
Germany 4
Total burials: 1643
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201957 Lance Corporal John Noblet 2nd/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed by a shell, 26/10/1917, aged 23. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Noblet, of "Holly Bank," Addison Rd., Preston. Plot V. B. 20.
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In Memory of: 4983 Private Ernest Horner 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 18/07/1917. Ernest was about 19 years old when he was killed and was from the Ardwick area of Manchester. His parents were James Horner and Emily Horner. Ernest served at Gallipoli with the Lancashire Fusiliers and was later posted to Ypres where he was killed Plot III. C. 3. No known picture of Ernest exists
Submitted by Alan Carty, Grandson of Ernest's sister Nellie
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