YPRES TOWN CEMETERY
EXTENSION

Ieper

West-Vlaanderen

Belgium

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: This cemetery is located on the N345 which connects Ieper and Menen. From Ieper centre leave via the Menin Gate, continue to the traffic lights and turn right onto the N345, the cemetery is located a further 300m on the right of Zonnebeekseweg. Both parking and access are easy to this cemetery.

The Town Cemetery stands close to the Menin Gate and was started in October 1914, it continued to be used until May 1918, and once further in that year. It consists of Commonwealth burials grouped in plots among the civil graves.

The Extension, on the east side of the cemetery, was begun in October 1914 and was used until April 1915; it was also used on two further occasions in 1918. The Extension was much increased after the armistice, when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields.

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CASUALTY DETAILS:

UK 568; Canada 15; Australia 13; South Africa 1; India 1; Total Burials: 598