LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.2
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Turn left at Ieper station and drive along M. Fochlaan to the roundabout, turn right and continue to the next roundabout. Turn left into M. Haiglaan and drive to the next roundabout. Turn right into Oude Veurnestraat, this changes into Diksmuidseweg and then Brugseweg, continue to the traffic lights and turn left into Industrielaan, then go first right into Pilkemseweg and the cemetery is approx 400 metres on the left. Access and parking is easy.
La Brique is a small hamlet that was named after an old brick works that stood nearby before the war. This cemetery, which stands across the road from La Brique Military Cemetery No.1, was started in February 1915 and used through until March 1918. It originally consisted of 383 burials in 25 irregular rows in Plot 1, but after the armistice graves were concentrated here to create Plot 2 and extend the original plot.
Victoria Cross: Buried in this cemetery is Corporal A.G. Drake VC, 8th Bn, Rifle Brigade. He was killed in action on 23rd November 1915 and is buried in Plot 1 Row C 2.
CASUALTY DETAILS:UK 782; Canada 23; Australia 18; New Zealand 9; South Africa 7; India 1; Total Burials: 840
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