BLEUET FARM CEMETERY
Elverdinghe
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: The cemetery is located to the north west of the town of Ieper near a village called Elverdinge, this is on the N8 road between Ieper and Veurne, 3 kilometres from Ieper. Driving into the village from Ieper go to the traffic lights and turn right, this street is called Steenstraat, and after 50 metres follow the street to the right, called Boezingsestraat. The cemetery is 500 metres along this street on the left hand side.
Bleuet Farm was used as a dressing station during 1917 Allied offensive on this front. The cemetery was begun in a corner of the farm and was in use from June to December 1917, though a few of the burials are of later date. Two graves were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice from isolated positions close by. There are now 442 First World War burials in the cemetery and nine from the Second World War, all dating from the Allied retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940.
The cemetery was designed by
Sir Reginald Blomfield
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SHOT AT DAWN
Private T. Hawkins, 7th Royal West Surrey Regiment (Queen’s), who was executed for desertion on 22/11/1917, Plot 2. B. 12.
Private A. H. Westwood, East Surrey Regiment, he was executed for desertion on 23/11/1917, Plot 2. B. 13.
Rifleman F. N. Slade, 2/6th Bn. London Regiment, executed on 14/12/1917 for disobedience and buried in Plot 2. B. 33.
The mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the Great War was enacted in section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which came into effect on royal assent on 8 November 2006.
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CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 437; Canada 2; South Africa 3; Germany 1; Total Burials: 443
352819 Gunner
Walter George Bolton
243rd Siege Battery,
Royal Garrison Artillery
07/09/1917, aged 21.
Eldest son of Mr. H. J. and Mrs. M. J. Bolton, of Rose Cottage, Marchwood, Southampton.
Plot I. H. 54.
Walter was the son of Harry James Bolton and Mary Jane (Eldridge) and lived at Rose Cottage in Marchwood, Hampshire. He was eldest of six children. One of his two younger brothers, Sidney Frank also served in the Great War and survived. He died in 1987 aged 90. Walter's other brother Harry was my great-grandfather. Walter's grave and has been visited by his extended family and would like to personally thank all those who tend the cemetery for the care they take and the respect shown. It means a lot to us.
Picture and information courtesy of great, great niece Katherine Morgan
Those with awards buried/commemorated within this cemetery
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CARR, Spr. H. M.M. 253rd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers. 19/12/17. II.B.37. COLLEY, Serjt. H. D.C.M. 139154 253rd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers. Died 25th October 1917. The DCM citation reads (London Gazette 15/12/16). For conspicuous gallantry in action. He worked at rescue operations under heavy fire in full view of the enemy, thereby saving the lives of three men who were buried. II.B.20. FORSTER, Capt. T. F. Mentioned in Despatches. "B" Coy. 7th Bn.
Durham Light Infantry. 31/10/17. II.A.48. Information collated by Barry Cuttell |
Number of burials by Unit
| Royal Field Artillery |
76
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Grenadier Guards |
52
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| Coldstream Guards |
40
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Royal Garrison Artillery |
40
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| Irish Guards |
35
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Royal Engineers |
35
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| Scots Guards |
19
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Royal Army Medical Corps |
13
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| Royal Horse Artillery |
9
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Somerset Light Infantry |
7
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| King's Liverpool Regt. |
7
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Monmouthshire Regt. |
7
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| South Wales Borderers |
6
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Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) |
6
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| York & Lancaster Regt. |
5
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Manchester Regt. |
5
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| Middlesex Regt. |
5
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Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regt.) |
5
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| Border Regt. |
4
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King's Own Scottish Borderers |
4
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| Lincolnshire Regt. |
4
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Cheshire Regt. |
3
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| South Lancashire Regt. |
3
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Hampshire Regt. |
3
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| South African units |
3
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Royal Army Service Corps |
3
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| Cameron Highlanders |
2
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West Yorkshire Regt. |
2
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| Devonshire Regt. |
2
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East Surrey Regt. |
2
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| Guards Machine Gun Regt. |
2
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Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) |
2
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| Northamptonshire Regt. |
2
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2
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| Machine Gun Corps (Inf.) |
2
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4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) |
2
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| Gloucestershire Regt. |
2
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Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
2
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| Royal Flying Corps |
2
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King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. |
2
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| Northumberland Fusiliers |
1
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Highland Light Infantry |
1
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| Essex Regt. |
1
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Royal Irish Rifles |
1
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| King's Royal Rifle Corps |
1
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Northumberland Hussars |
1
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| Royal Berkshire Regt. |
1
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Canadian unit |
1
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| Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
1
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Royal Newfoundland Regt. |
1
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| Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
1
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6th Bn. London Regt. (Rifles) |
1
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| Durham Light Infantry |
1
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| Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials |
440
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| Unidentified UK Burials |
1
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| German Burial |
1
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| Total Burials |
442
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Information collated by Barry Cuttell |
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