ELZENWALLE BRASSERIE CEMETERY
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTION: The cemetery is on the N331 Kemmelseweg, go through the Lille Gate and continue towards Armentieres (N365) approximately 1km further on is a right turn onto the Kemmelseweg (close to the level crossing), the cemetery is 4km further along on the right.
The cemetery is named after the Brasserie opposite, is actually a collection of Regimental Burial Grounds, there are now eight plots, varying in number from one grave to fourteen. For example, Plot 3 contains burials of the 22nd (French) Canadian Battalion. This cemetery is a fine example of a simple regimental burial ground, used by those units that were in the trenches in this area during the period 1915-1917 to bury their dead from day to day trench holding. The cemetery continued to be used throughout the war.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 108; Canada 41; Total Burials: 149
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