No Man’s Cot Cemetery, Boesinghe, West Flanders. N of Ypres and E of the canal, about half way between Boesinghe and St Julian.Name derived from a nearby farm that was in No Mans Land before the Cemetery was opened at the end of July 1917. Records 79 British burials mostly of the 51st (Highland) Division.

Grave in No Man’s Cot Cemetery of No 59248 Private Arthur Ewen 10th Battalion Welch Regiment killed in action 31st July 1917 aged 20 years. Born Forest Gate, Essex, enlisted London, residing Seven Kings, Essex. Headstone bears inscription “In Memorium. Captain W L Ewen West Kents killed Nestle. Grave unknown.” This is a reference to his brother Captain William James Ewen 3rd Battalion attached 8th Battalion Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) killed in action 25th March 1918 commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, which records 14690 missing of the 5th Army who fell in the Battles of the Somme up to 5th April 1918 and all casualties in that area until 7th August 1918.. John and Isabel Ewen of 80 Aldborough Road Seven Kings Essex had six sons all of whom served in the War and four survived.

Grave in No Mans Cot Cemetery of No 534513 Private Herbert Alexander Davis 1/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles) killed in action 4th August 1917 aged 29 years (formerly served with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps). Headstone bears inscription “Faithful to his God Loyal to his country.” Born Bitton Glos, enlisted Bristol, resident Warmley.

Grave in No Mans Cot Cemetery of No 268349 Private Robert D Dewar 6th (Perthshire) Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (formerly Scottish Horse) killed in action 31st July 1917 aged 22 years.

New Irish Farm Cemetery, St Jean – les –Ypres, West Flanders. 2 miles NE of Ypres, N of Irish Farm and begun in August 1917. Records 4,272 UK., 254 Can., 65 Aust., 23 N.Z., 6 S.A., 5 Ind., 3 Newfld., 1 W Ind., 12 unknown, 6 Chin., 1 German burial and 69 special memorials. At the Armistice the Cemetery contained 73 graves of which 37 were those of Artillery officers or men. After the Armistice graves were concentrated into it from the battle-fields of 1914 -1918 North East of Ypres or from smaller cemeteries.

Grave in New Irish Farm Cemetery of No 5563 Company Sergeant Major David Anderson M.M., 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders died 3rd August 1917.

Grave in New Irish Farm Cemetery of No 18/627 Rifleman Benjamin Millar 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles killed in action 21st May 1918 aged 24 years. Headstone bears inscription “Far Away, From all who loved him, They laid him down to rest.” (One of the 45 in the original burial plot the Cemetery now containing 4715 burials).

Grave in New Irish Farm Cemetery of No 203011 Private Ernest Webb 1/5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment died of wounds 10th August 1917 (formerly No 3528 Warwickshire Yeomanry). Born Long Compton, enlisted Warwick, resident Stow on the Wold Glos. (Another of the 45 in the original burial plot).