Tuileries British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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Tuileries British
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Tuileries British 2460950947 entrance.jpg
Used for those deceased 1915
Established1915
Location 50°50′23″N02°55′11″E / 50.83972°N 2.91972°E / 50.83972; 2.91972
near 
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed by W C Von Berg
Total burials98
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com

Tuileries British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres (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 cemetery's Cross of Sacrifice Tuileries British 2460957209 war cross.jpg
The cemetery's Cross of Sacrifice

This cemetery's name means "tile factory", as it was begun in the grounds of a tile works in 1915. [2] The chimneys of the tile works were very visible and provided a means for the opposing side to calibrate their shells. This led to the cemetery itself being heavily shelled and the sites of most of the original graves were lost. [2] [3] Most of the gravestones are positioned around the edges [2] of the otherwise empty-looking cemetery, and are marked "known to be buried in this cemetery", with the default additional phrase "Their glory shall not be blotted out", a line suggested by Rudyard Kipling. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
  2. 1 2 3 "Tuileries British Cemetery". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 2008-05-04.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Moore, Steve and Barbara. "Ypres Salient September 2004". www.ypressalient.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-04.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ Honigsbaum, Mark (2007-11-16). "Pro patria mori?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-05-04.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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