TALANA FARM
CEMETERY
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: From the station turn left into M. Fochlaan and go to the roundabout, turn right and continue to the next roundabout. Turn right here, into Oude Veurnestraat, and then take the second turn on the left, which is the Diksmuidseweg (N369), and continue on and under the motorway bridge, the cemetery can be found a further 600m on the left and after passing Bard Cottage Cemetery which is also on the left.
Further Information: Parking is easy, although access is via a grass path, as the cemetery is a short way out in the fields.
Talana Farm was one of a group of farmhouses named by the army from episodes of the South African war. The cemetery here was begun, in April 1915, by French troops, and later taken over by the 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade and 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry in June of that year. The cemetery continued to be used until March 1918.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 529; Total Burials: 529
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