Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke Village,Ypres_Ieper, Belgium. February 2014 C
Ypres-Ieper WW1 Battlefield, 1914-1918, Belgium. Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke Village,Ypres_Ieper, Belgium. February 2014 Caption information from CWGC Web site: Zillebeke village and most of the commune were in the hands of Commonwealth forces for the greater part of the First World War, but the number of cemeteries in the neighbourhood bears witness to the fierce fighting in the vicinity from 1914 to 1918. Bedford House, sometimes known as Woodcote House, were the names given by the Army to the Chateau Rosendal, a country house in a small wooded park with moats. Although it never fell into German hands, the house and the trees were gradually destroyed by shell fire. It was used by field ambulances and as the headquarters of brigades and other fighting units, and charcoal pits were dug there from October 1917. In all, 5,139 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in the enclosures of Bedford House Cemetery. 3,011 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials name casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on concentration. Second World War burials number 69 (3 of which are unidentified). There are 2 Germans buried here. The cemetery was designed by Von Berg.
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Location: Ypres, Ieper, Flanders ,Belgium
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