WHITE HOUSE
CEMETERY
Ieper
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: From the station, go left along M. Fochlaan, continue to the roundabout and go right, continue
again to the next roundabout and turn left into M. Haiglaan. At the next roundabout, turn right into Oude Veurnestraat, this then changes name, first to Diksmidseweg and then Brugseweg, continue on this road to and over the traffic lights to the end of the road. At the T Junction turn left (still Brugseweg), and continue along this road, the cemetery can be found on the left just before the village of St Jan.
"The White House" was on the Ypres road between St. Jean and the bridge over the Bellewaardebeek. The cemetery here was started in March 1915 and used until April 1918, by fighting units holding this part of the line. At the time of the armistice, the cemetery consisted of most of Plots 1 and 2; but the cemetery was then enlarged by the concentration of burials from surrounding battlefields and other small cemeteries.
CEMETERIES CONCENTRATED INTO WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY:
Basseville German Cemetery, Zantvoorde
Bavaria House Cemetery, Ypres
Bedford House Cemetery, Enclosure No.1, Zillebeke
Cottage Garden Cemetery, St. Jean
Green Hunter Cemetery, Vlamertinghe
Hengebaert Farm Cemetery, Dickebusch
North Bank Cemetery, Voormezeele
Wilde Wood Cemetery, Zonnebeke
Victoria Cross: Private Robert Morrow, VC, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, killed in action 26/04/1915, plot 4. A. 44.
Shot at Dawn: Private H. H. Chase, 2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, executed for cowardice 12/06/1915, Plot 3. P. 1.
Private W. J. Turpie, 2nd Bn. Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), executed for desertion on 01/07/1915, Plot 2. C. 24.
Private R. W. Gawler and Private A. E. Eveleigh, both of the 1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), executed for desertion 24/02/1916, Plot 3. L. 9/10 respectively.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 1002; Canada 85; Australia 45; New Zealand 25; South Africa 5; India 1; Bermuda 1; Total Burials: 1164
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