Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium.

Klein Vierstraat British
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
Used for those deceased 1917–1918
Established1917
Location50°48′19″N 02°50′20″E
near 
Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed bySir Edwin Lutyens
Total burials804
Unknowns
109
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: wo1.be and CWGC

The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.[1] The cemetery is approximately 0.3 hectares in size. The Kemmel Number 1 French Cemetery, also a First World War burial ground assigned to the United Kingdom, is located approximately 50 m to the east.

Foundation

The cemetery was founded in January 1917 by fighting units and field ambulances.[2]

It was used after the Armistice to concentrate battlefield burials and Ferme Henri Pattyn Vanlaeres and Mont-Vidaigne Military cemeteries.[2] An American soldier was buried here, but his body was later moved to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.[3]

Within the cemetery is a Cross of Sacrifice.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

References
  1. First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
  2. Commonwealth War Graves Commission accessed 28 December 2007
  3. WW1Cemeteries.com Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 28 December 2007
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