Woods Cemetery

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Woods
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Woods CWGC 2461081249 entrance.jpg
Used for those deceased 1915–1918
EstablishedApril 1915
Location 50°49′21″N02°54′55″E / 50.82250°N 2.91528°E / 50.82250; 2.91528
near 
Designed bySir Edwin Lutyens
Total burials326
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com

Woods Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near The Bluff south of Ypres (Ieper) in Belgium on the Western Front.

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Foundation

The Cross of Sacrifice or War Cross Woods CWGC 2461084411 war cross.jpg
The Cross of Sacrifice or War Cross

The cemetery was made by the 1st Battalions of the Dorset and East Surrey Regiments in April 1915. [1] It closed in September 1917. Many of the burials are from the London Regiment and the Canadian 2nd, 3rd and 10th Divisions. [2] For much of the war, [3] the front line ran just beyond the trees the cemetery is named for. [1]

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. [1] 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. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  2. "Wereldoorlog I in de Westhoek – Woods Cemetery". www.wo1.be. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  3. "Woods Cemetery". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  4. First World War, accessed 19 August 2006