BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER
CEMETERY
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
The name Belgian Battery Corner was the name given to the point where the Rue Brielen joins a spur of the Ypres-Dickebusch road and is named after a Belgian artillery section once stationed here. Close by was a house used as a Brigade or Battalion Headquarters and known as Belgian Chateau.
The cemetery was begun by the 8th Division after the Battle of Messines in June 1917 and used by a dressing station which was based in a nearby cottage. There is also a grave in plot 3 from March 1916.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Take the N375 Dikkebusseweg, this can be found on the right immediately after Ieper railway station, after 1.5 km turn right onto Frezenbergstraat, 200m on the right is Omloopstraat, the cemetery can be found on the right hand side of the road. Access and parking are easy.
Casualty Details: UK 431; Canada 7; Australia 125; New Zealand 8; India 2; Total Burials: 573
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