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GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located
12 Kms west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from
the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the
Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over two small
roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of
the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On
reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left hand turning onto the R33,
Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring continues to the left hand junction with
the N38 Frans-Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand
turning onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto
Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 Kms along Boescheepseweg on
the right hand side of the road.
During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on
the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear
and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range
of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish
casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th
Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty
clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces. From April to August 1918, the
casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field
ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places. The cemetery
contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 883 war
graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German. The only
concentration burials are 24 added to Plot XXXI in 1920 from isolated
positions near Poperinghe and 17 added to Plot XXXII from St. DENIJS
CHURCHYARD in 1981. It is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in
Belgium. There are 8 Special Memorial headstones to men known to be buried
in this cemetery, these are located together alongside Plot 32 near the
Stone of Remembrance. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
More views of this cemetery
Victoria Cross: Major Frederick Harold Tubb VC, 7th Bn.
Australian Infantry, died of wounds 20th September 1917,
Plot XIX. C. 5.
Shot at Dawn: Private William Baker, 26th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, executed for
desertion 14/08/1918, plot 25. B. 22.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK
7386; Canada 1058; Australia 1131; New Zealand 291; South Africa 29; India 3;
Entirely Unidentified 3; Non war casualty 1; USA 3; German 223; France 658; Total
Burials: 10,786
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58104 Private
Robert Wilson
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Died of wounds 05/04/1916. Aged 35.
Son of Samuel Wilson and Eliza Kennedy Wilson, of Main
St., Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
Plot V. C. 39.
Picture Courtesy of Joe O' Raw and William Kilgour
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2340 Private
Ernest Pheasey
5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of
Wales's Own).
17/08/1915, aged 30.
Plot III. C. 15A
Picture courtesy of Tony Seymour |
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216472
Gunner
Arthur
Thomas (Tommy) Saye
"D"
Battery, 157th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
05/10/1918,
aged 20.
Born
28/04/1898, the son of Walter and Sarah Saye, of Great Wigborough,
Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex. Brother of Ernest Saye, who is commemorated on
the
Thiepval Memorial,
follow link for an image of Ernest Saye.
Plot XXX.
A. 5.
Picture courtesy of Heather Johnson, great-niece of this
soldier
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75702 Driver
Walter Hogg
"B" Battery, 124th Bde.
Royal Field Artillery
25/10/1917, aged 23.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hogg, of 5, Russell St., Wigan,
Lancashire.
Plot XXII. A. 18A
Picture courtesy of Barry Wignall, great nephew of this
soldier |
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10055
Corporal
Robert
Morrison
8th Bn.
Seaforth Highlanders
23/08/1917
Plot XVIII.
A. 3A.
Picture courtesy of Charlie Morrison grandson of this
soldier
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447088
Private
Charles
Hudson
14th Bn.
Canadian Infantry
(Quebec
Regiment)
11/06/1916
Plot VII.
C. 24A.
Charles emigrated from the UK to Calgary, Alberta, Canada
in 1907 with his wife Kate Amelia (nee Allen) and four of their
children, a further son was born in Calgary. He has descendants now
living in the Toronto area of Canada.
Charles worked for the Canadian Pacific Railroad and because of his
expertise in transportation it is thought he was assigned the dangerous
work of moving military equipment around. On searching the War Diaries,
no trace could be found of a battle on the day he died.
Picture courtesy of great nephew Jeffrey Essex
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85246
Pioneer
Samuel
James Fiske
254th
Tunnelling Company
Royal
Engineers
28/09/1917,
aged 41.
Husband of
Emily J. Fiske, 70 Nicholas Street,
Norwich.
Plot XXIV.
D. 19.
Picture courtesy of Eric Cork, his wife is the
granddaughter of this soldier
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Second
Lieutenant
John (Jack)
White Armstrong
20th Bn.
Durham Light Infantry
21/10/1918
Plot XXXII.
A. 18.
Son of William and Elizabeth Armstrong of South
Shields, Co Durham; husband of Alice Armstrong (nee Christie) or 54
Blagdon Avenue, South Shields.
Picture courtesy of Val Brown, Jack
Armstrong's wife Alice, was her great aunt. This picture was taken on
Jack's Wedding day.
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843 Lance
Corporal
Edward
(Teddy) Davidson
12th Bn.
Royal Irish Rifles
14/04/1918,
aged 19.
Plot XXVI.
F. 9.
Teddy was the son of my Gt. Uncle Edward Davidson. He was born Annalong,
County Down, Northern Ireland, in 1899. His parents were Edward and
Matilda Annie Davidson (Dear)
He enlisted
with the 12th Batallion Royal Irish Rifles, at the outbreak
of hostilities in 1914. He was subsequently found to be under age and
dismissed. When he reached the legal age he re-enlisted, was sent to
France, and was ‘Killed in Action’ within days of his arrival.
He died in
Flanders on Sunday 14th April 1918. Teddy is buried in
Belgium at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
Picture courtesy
of Peter Jackson
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788226
Private
Albert
Emmerson
3rd Bn.
Canadian Infantry
(Central
Ontario Regiment)
8/11/1917,
aged 24.
Plot XXII.
G. 1
Picture courtesy of Eddy Emmerson, great nephew of this
soldier
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1920
Private
Frederick
Parker Furness
6th Bn.
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
20/12/1915,
aged 18.
Son of John
and Frances Mary Furness, of 28, Brougham St., Skipton, Yorks.
Plot II. B.
12.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, John Antony Whitehead
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3378
Private
William
Robert Knox
6th Bn.
Australian Infantry,
A. I. F.
22/09/1917,
aged 32.
Plot XXIV.
F. 3.
Born:
Dookie, Victoria August 20th, 1885 Son of Robert and Mary Jane Knox.
Enlisted July 13 1915. Embarked 11 October 1915 at Adelaide on HMAT
Nestor. 6th Battalion AIF No. 3378. Died : September 22 1917 from wounds
received on September 20 1917. His Company was in action at Glencorse
Wood during the early stages of the Battle for Polygon Wood.
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27378
Private
Charles Fry
1st Bn.
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
09/11/1917,
aged 30.
Son of
Edwin and Emma Fry, of Bramshaw, Lyndhurst, Hants.
Plot XXII.
CC. 24.
See more
information on Charles Fry at this link:
http://www.seyoung.co.uk/CharlesFry.html
Picture courtesy of great niece,
Sheila Young |
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23324
Serjeant
Edgar Runyeard,
MM
3rd Signal
Company,
Royal
Engineers
20/03/1916,
aged 26.
Son of
Frederick John and Flora Runyeard, of 2, Rowden's Cottages, Sherfield
English, Romsey, Hants.
Plot V. D.
9.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Tony Moody
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