The Stone of Remembrance in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium, dating from the Great War
Dadizeele New British Cemetery is located 16 km east of Ieper town centre on a road leading from the N8 Meenseweg, connecting Ieper to Menen via Geluwe. The village of Dadizeele (now Dadizele) was in German hands for much of the First World War until reached by the 36th (Ulster) Division, and taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division, on 29 September 1918. Severe fighting followed on 1 October, at Hill 41, a little south of the village. Dadizeele New British Cemetery is in fact an extension of the communal cemetery. It was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds and from the battlefields of 1918, although there are a few 1914 graves in Plot VI, Row D. The following burial grounds graves were transferred to Dadizeele New British Cemetery:- BLACK WATCH CEMETERY, LEDEGHEM: 34 of 9th Division (mainly 8th Royal Highlanders), who fell 14th October 1918. DEERLYCK GERMAN CEMETERY, about 100 metres East of the Communal Cemetery: 2 from United Kingdom, who fell October 1918. MANSARD FARM CEMETERY, DADIZEELE: 39 from United Kingdom, all but one 36th Division, October to November 1918. MOLENHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BECELAERE: 36th Division buried 41 from United Kingdom, September to October 1918, alongside a large German Cemetery. RAILWAY CROSSING CEMETERY, DADIZEELE: 18 of 9th and 36th Divisions, fell 14th October 1918. TERHAND GERMAN CEMETERY, GHELUWE: 28 from United Kingdom, October 1918, mainly 36th and 35th Divisions. TOWNSEND FARM CEMETERY, LEDEGHEM: 12 from United Kingdom and six from Newfoundland, all 9th Division, September to October 1918. WATERDAMHOEK GERMAN CEMETERY, MOORSLEDE, :29 from United Kingdom and 9 from Newfoundland, all 9th Division, October 1918. The cemetery contains 1,029 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 158 of the burials are unidentified The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden.
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium
Photo credit: © Niall Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
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