LARCH WOOD

(Railway Cutting) CEMETERY

Ieper

West-Vlaanderen

Belgium

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: 4km south of Ieper, leave via the Lille Gate heading towards Armentieres and Lille, and after 1km take the left turn onto Komenseweg. After 2.7km take a left turn onto a rough track and the cemetery is a further 400m, across the railway line.

Further Information: It should be noted that this track is difficult to manoeuvre, especially in wet weather. Access to this cemetery can therefore be difficult, although there is an adequate area to park across the railway line. Extra care should be taken, as the level crossing has no gates, and trains are fairly frequent.

This cemetery was started in April 1915, and was widely used by the troops holding the line in this area; it continued to be used throughout the conflict until April1918. After the armistice, the cemetery was enlarged through the concentration of graves from around the battlefields of Ypres. The wood after which the cemetery is named stood nearby, it was totally destroyed and was never re planted after the war.

CEMETERIES CONCENTRATED INTO LARCH WOOD:

America Cross Roads, German Cemetery, Wervicq

Bruges General Cemetery, St. Michel

Cortemarck German Cemetery, No.1

Eerneghem German Cemetery

Ghistelles Churchyard

Groenenberg German Cemetery, Zantvoorde

Handzaeme German Cemetery

Ichtegem German Cemetery

Leffinghe German Cemetery

Marckhove German Cemetery, Cortemarck

Oudenburg Churchyard