RIFLE HOUSE 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, after passing Ploegsteert Wood Cemetery on the right, Rifle House cemetery is a further 150m straight ahead.
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 2 km away.
This cemetery is named after a strongpoint which once stood in Ploegsteert Wood; no trace of this now exists. Burials were made here from November 1914, when the 1st Rifle Brigade buried their men in what is now Plot IV, Rows E-J. The latest burials here are from June 1916.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 229; Canada 1; Total Burials: 230
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