YPRES RESERVOIR
CEMETERY

Ieper

West-Vlaanderen

Belgium

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: From the station turn left and drive along M. Fochlaan to the roundabout, here turn left into M. Haiglaan and continue for 300m before going right into M. Plumerlaan, the cemetery can be found a further 200m on the right. Parking and access are easy.

Originally there were three cemeteries made in the area close to the Western Gate where Ypres Reservoir Cemetery stands, two were made between the prison and the reservoir, but these were both later removed, the third was at first called "Cemetery North of the Prison" and later "Ypres Reservoir North Cemetery", before gaining its present name. The cemetery was started by fighting units and Field Ambulances in October 1915, it continued to be used until after the armistice. At the end of the war, the cemetery contained 1099 burials, but it was greatly enlarged from the concentration of burials here from smaller cemeteries and the surrounding battlefields.

CEMETERIES CONCENTRATED INTO YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY:

Ypres Reservoir South Cemetery, this was also known as Broadley’s Cemetery and Prison Cemetery No.1

Ypres Reservoir Middle Cemetery, also known as Prison Cemetery No.2 and Middle Prison Cemetery

The Cemetery at the Infantry Barracks, also called The Esplanade

Victoria Cross: Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell, VC, CSI, DSO of the 18^th King George’s Own Lancers, Indian Cavalry, killed in action  21/09/1917. Plot 1. A. 37.

Shot at Dawn:

Private T. L. Moles, 54^th Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, executed for desertion 22/10/1917, plot 1. H. 76.

Private E. Lawrence, 2^nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment, executed for desertion 22/11/1917, plot 1. I. 45.

Private C. F. McColl, 1/4^th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, executed for desertion 28/12/1917, plot 4. A. 6.

More views of this cemetery

CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 2263; Canada 155; Australia 143; New Zealand 28; South Africa 12; India 2;  Entirely Unidentified 10; Germany 1; Total Burials: 2614

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