LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Reninghelst
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
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GENERAL DIRECTIONS: La Clytte Military Cemetery is located 8 Kms west of Ieper town centre on the N304 Klijtseweg, a road leading from the N375 Dikkebuseweg, connecting Ieper to Dikkebus, Klijte and on to Loker. From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375) is located via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J.Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M.Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg. 7 Kms along the Dikkebusseweg lies the village of De Klijte (formerly La Clytte) and the right hand turning at the roundabout just before the village leads onto the N304 Reningelststraat. The cemetery lies 100 metres after this right hand turning on the left hand side of the road.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Noel Ackroyd Rew
Shot at Dawn: Private L. Mitchell, 8th Bn. Yorks and Lancs Regiment, executed for desertion 19/09/1917, plot 3. A. 2.
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.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 1010; Canada 51; Australia 12; New Zealand 3; South Africa 6; Total Burials: 1082
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