ROESELARE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY
Roeselare
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Leave Ieper and take the N332 which runs via Zonnebeke and Moorslede. Roeselare is approached via the Iepersestraat and crosses the R32 Roeselare ring road. Prior to reaching the town centre go left onto Molenstraat, this continues for 80m to the junction with Blekerijstraat. The cemetery is located after the first left hand turning on the Blekerijstraat.
Roulers (now Roeselare) was occupied by the Germans from October 1914 to October 1918. The Communal Cemetery was used by them for the burial of prisoners of war during this period. There are now separate Belgian, French and Commonwealth plots in this cemetery. Three graves were added here in 1936, when they were brought in from churchyards at Hooghlede and Knocke.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 63; Canada 28; France 2; Total Burials: 93
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