Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery
Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
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Historical Information: Potijze was within the Allied lines during practically the whole of the First Word War and although subject to incessant shell fire, Potijze Chateau contained an advanced dressing station. Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery was used from May to December 1915, July 1917 and October 1918. A path separates the cemetery from Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, which was used from May 1915 to September 1918. At the end of the war it consisted of Plot I, and Plot II was formed after the Armistice when graves were brought in from isolated sites and small burial grounds to the north-east. Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery contains 226 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The Grounds Cemetery contains 476 burials, 111 of which are unidentified. Both cemeteries were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
No. of Identified Casualties: 200
Historical Information: Potijze was within the Allied lines during practically the whole of the First Word War and although subject to incessant shell fire, Potijze Chateau contained an advanced dressing station. Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery was used from May to December 1915, July 1917 and October 1918. A path separates the cemetery from Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, which was used from May 1915 to September 1918. At the end of the war it consisted of Plot I, and Plot II was formed after the Armistice when graves were brought in from isolated sites and small burial grounds to the north-east. Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery contains 226 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The Grounds Cemetery contains 476 burials, 111 of which are unidentified. Both cemeteries were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
No. of Identified Casualties: 200
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- Added: 20 Oct 2005
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2156016
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