La Brique Military Cemeteries No 1 and No 2 are Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial grounds for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.

La Brique Military 1 and 2
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Stone at entrance to La Brique Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
Used for those deceased 1915 (No 1); 1915–1918 (No 2)
Established1915
Location50°51′53″N 02°53′38″E / 50.86472°N 2.89389°E / 50.86472; 2.89389
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Designed bySir Reginald Blomfield
Total burials91 (No 1); 840 (No 2)
Unknowns
4 (No 1); 400 (No 2)
Burials by nation
Allied Powers:
Burials by war
World War I: 91 (No 1); 840 (No 2)
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com [1] [2] and CWGC [3] [4]

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

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The cemetery, named after a now-lost brickworks near to the site, is divided in two by the main road. Cemetery No 1 was founded in May 1915 and used until December 1915.[2] It is the smaller of the two.

Cemetery No 2 was founded in February 1915 and was used until March 1918. Originally containing 383 graves, the cemetery was expanded by concentration of graves from the battlefield after the Armistice.[3] It now contains 840 graves. One of the graves concentrated in Cemetery No 2 was originally in the now-gone Kemmel No 2 French Cemetery.[4]

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Notable graves

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Cemetery No 2 holds Corporal Alfred George Drake (1893–1915), who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
  2. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry for No 1, accessed 30 December 2007
  3. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry for No 2, accessed 30 December 2007
  4. ^ wo1.be Archived 2004-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 December 2007
  5. ^ wo1.be persoon detail fiche Archived 2007-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 December 2007
  6. ^ WW1Cemeteries.com Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 December 2007
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