Buffs Road Cemetery

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Buffs Road
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Buffs Road 2450634510 entrance stone.jpg
Used for those deceased 1917–1918
EstablishedJuly 1917
Location 50°52′36″N02°54′58″E / 50.87667°N 2.91611°E / 50.87667; 2.91611
near 
Designed byA J S Hutton
Total burials289
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Official name Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, vi
Designated 2023 (45th session)
Reference no. 1567-FL15
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com

Buffs Road Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres (Dutch: Ieper) in Belgium on the Western Front.

Contents

The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. [1]

Foundation

The Cross of Sacrifice or "War Cross" Buffs Road 2450622434 war cross.jpg
The Cross of Sacrifice or "War Cross"

The cemetery, named after the nickname of a nearby small lane, [2] was founded in July 1917 by the 12th, 13th and 14th Royal Sussex Regiment and the Royal Artillery. [3] After the armistice, the cemetery was enlarged by concentrating battlefield graves and that of one officer buried in Brielen Churchyard in 1915, [3] whilst one Belgian soldier was removed. [2]

The cemetery was designed by A J S Hutton. [3]

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References

  1. First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
  2. 1 2 "Buffs Road Cemetery". ww1cemeteries.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.