PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Comines-Warneton
Hainaut
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Take the N365 Ieper-Armentieres road to Mesen, after reaching Mesen continue for 2km and take a left turn on to rue St Yvon, continue along this road and park your vehicle outside Prowse Point Cemetery. Just further on is a right turn which is blocked to vehicles, walk down this road and into the wood, continue to follow the track through the wood and at the junction turn right and continue walking, Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery is on the right.
Further Information: Although Access to the cemetery is easy, it should be noted that the wood can be very wet and boggy, nearest parking is at Prowse Point Cemetery and this is over 1km away at the top of the track to the wood.
This cemetery was made by the enclosure of a number of small regimental cemeteries. Ten graves from Plot 1 as well as the whole of Plot 2 was originally the Somerset Light Infantry Cemetery, this was made by the 1st Battalion of that regiment in December 1914. Plot 4 was the Bucks Cemetery, made by the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry in April 1915. Plot 3 contains 16 graves of the Gloucestershire Regiment and there are also a number of burials from the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, this plot, however, was known as Canadian Cemetery, Strand, from the 28 Canadian graves from 1915 and the trench known as the Strand which ran nearby. The cemetery continued to be used spasmodically throughout 1916 and 1917, and was in German hands from April 10-29 September 1918.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 117; Canada 28; Australia 1; New Zealand 18; Total Burials: 164
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