Signs at the (First and Second World War) Bedford House Cemetery designed by Wilfred Clement Von Berg in Zillebeke (Ypres), Belgium
Bedford House Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Zillebeke, itself near Ypres, on the Western Front in Belgium. It was designed by Wilfred Clement Von Berg and is home to 5144 burials and 3011 unknowns. 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. Zillebeke was directly behind the Western Front, making it a useful site for divisional headquarters and field ambulance stations. Château Rosendal, a large house with a moat and extensive gardens was put to this use. The British forces in the area named the château "Bedford House" or "Woodcote House", with the former becoming the official name used for the post-war cemetery. Whilst the area remained in Allied hands through the war, it was devastated by shell fire and the château was razed over the course of the war, being hit by German 8-inch shells, as well as 500 gas shells in just one day of the Third Battle of Ypres.
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Location: Bedford House Cemetery, Rijselseweg, 8902 Zillebeke, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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