Chester Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
| Chester Farm | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased 1915–1917 | |
| Established | March 1915 |
| Location |
50°49′18″N 2°54′04″E / 50.82167°N 2.90111°E[1] near Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Designed by | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
| Total burials | 424 |
| Unknown burials | 9 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
|
World War I: 424 | |
| Statistics source: wo1.be and firstworldwar.com | |
Chester Farm is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by the King of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
Foundation
Commonwealth troops began using the site as a cemetery in March 1915.[2] The cemetery is named after a nearby farm.[3]
The dead are mostly grouped by battalion.[4]
There are cenotaphs for six soldiers (five British and one Canadian) who are known or believed to be buried in the cemetery but whose actual plot was lost or destroyed.[4] These stones usually have the Rudyard Kipling-derived footnote "Their glory shall not be blotted out".
Notable graves
The painter Ernest Stafford Carlos is buried here.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ wo1.be Archived November 11, 2005, at the Wayback Machine., undated, accessed 17 February 2006
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry, undated, accessed 17 February 2007
- ↑ Duffy, Michael firstworldwar.com, 1 September 2002, accessed 17 February 2007
- 1 2 wo1.be Archived November 11, 2005, at the Wayback Machine., undated, accessed 17 February 2007
- ↑ wo1.be Archived February 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., undated, accessed 17 February 2006
- ↑ Lieutenant Ernest Stafford Carlos at Find a Grave
- ↑ CWGC record
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