Lines of headstones in the Locre Hospice Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery (CWGC) near Loker, Ieper, Belgium.
"Locre (now Loker) was in Allied hands during the greater part of the war, and field ambulances were stationed in the Convent of St Antoine. The village changed hands several times between 25 and 30 April 1918, when it was recaptured by the French. The hospice, or convent, was the scene of severe fighting on 20 May, but was not retaken until first week in July. The Hospice Cemetery was begun in June 1917 by field ambulances and fighting units, and was used until April 1918. After the Armistice four graves were transferred to it from the garden of the Hospice, which was ultimately rebuilt. The cemetery now contains 244 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 12 of the burials are unidentified and ten graves destroyed by shellfire are now represented by special memorials."
Size: 5129px × 3418px
Location: Godtschalckstraat, nr Loker, Belgium
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
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