Hedge Row Trench 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.
| Hedge Row Trench | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased 1915–1917 | |
| Established | March 1915 |
| Location | 50°49′11″N 02°54′49″E / 50.81972°N 2.91361°E near |
| Designed by | J R Truelove |
| Total burials | 98 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
World War I: 98 | |
| Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, vi |
| Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
| Reference no. | 1567-FL22 |
| Statistics source: WO1.be | |
Foundation edit
The cemetery, also known as Ravine Wood Cemetery, was founded in March 1915 and closed in August 1917.[1] Being directly on the front line, the cemetery was repeatedly shelled and the original locations of the graves could not be established.[2] The majority[3] of the stones are therefore arrayed in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice and are marked "known to be buried in this cemetery",[4] with the default additional phrase "Their glory shall not be blotted out", a line suggested by Rudyard Kipling.[5][6]
The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.[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.[7]
Other cemeteries on "The Bluff" edit
References edit
- ^ a b "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Wereldoorlog in de Westhook – Hedge Row Trench". www.wo1.be. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ The main sources imply that all of the gravestones are in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission plan Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine of the cemetery, as confirmed by the sources' own photographs, shows that there are also a non-symmetrical number of gravestones against each of the four walls.
- ^ "Hedge Row Trench Cemetery". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Moore, Steve and Barbara. "Ypres Salient September 2004". www.ypressalient.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ Honigsbaum, Mark (November 2007). "Pro patria mori?". commentisfree.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006