The Cross of Sacrifice in Prowse Point Military Cemetery of the Great War , Belgium
Prowse Point Military Cemetery is unique on the Ypres Salient for being named after an individual. It is the site of the stand by the 1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment and the 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry in October 1914, which featured the heroism of a Major Charles Prowse - later as Brigadier-General Prowse, DSO (Somerset Light Infantry), he would be killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, whilst commanding the 11th Infantry Brigade (he is buried in Louvencourt Military Cemetery). The cemetery was begun by the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the 1st Royal Warwicks, and was used from November 1914 to April 1918. It contains 225 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
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Location: Chemin du Mont de la Hutte 4-18 7784 Comines-Warneton, Belgium
Photo credit: © Niall Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
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