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.
| Tuileries British | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased 1915 | |
| Established | 1915 |
| Location | 50°50′23″N 02°55′11″E / 50.83972°N 2.91972°E near |
| Designed by | W C Von Berg |
| Total burials | 98 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
World War I: 98 | |
| Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com | |
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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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]
References
edit- ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
- ^ a b c "Tuileries British Cemetery". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ Moore, Steve and Barbara. "Ypres Salient September 2004". www.ypressalient.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ Honigsbaum, Mark (2007-11-16). "Pro patria mori?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-05-04.