Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) Ypres, West Flanders. On W side of Lille Gate, at top of old rampart. Begun by French in November 1914 and used by British from February 1915 to April 1918. Records 154 UK., 14 NZ., 11 Aust., 10 Can., and 3 unknown burials.

Grave in Ramparts Cemetery of Second Lieutenant John Hewitt Sutton Moxley, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment killed in action 13th March 1915 aged 23 years. Headstone bears inscription “He could not have had a better end but as we see it, it came too soon.” The Battalion was in the Verbrandenmolen sector on the 5th March 1915 in positions from the Ypres-Comines canal past The Bluff to The Ravine, to the south of Hill 60 south east of Ypres. From War Diary “Impossible to show a periscope for more than a few seconds without getting a bullet through it.” Son of the Revd. J H Sutton Moxly and Mrs Moxly of 31 Cheyne Court Chelsea London.

Grave in Ramparts Cemetery of Major George Henry Walford 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment Brigade Major 84th Infantry Brigade killed in action 19th April 1915 aged 36 at Zonnebeke. Headstone bears inscription “The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God.” The Battalion took over the line at Zonnebeke on the 17th April 1915 and Major Walford was killed during shelling. Zonnnebeke is a village about 4 miles due East of Ypres and this being before the Germans released Gas on the 22nd April 1915  which is regarded as the first day of the 2nd Battle of Ypres  The front line was East of the village itself which was therefore in British hands. The 1st Battalion reached the trenches soon after midnight on the 17th April and 2 companies were in the front line with battalion headquarters about a 1000 yards in rear of them and the remaining company in dugouts in a railway embankment some 2 miles away. On the 18th April the Germans opened a fierce bombardment on a wide front and Major Walford was killed while engaged in making a reconnaissance in the sector held by the 1st Welch Regiment also in 84th Infantry Brigade. Of Foxborough Hall, Woodbridge Suffolk. Eldest son of the late Lt.Col. H A Walford 20th Hussars and of Mrs Walford of Wrecclesham Grange Farnham Surry, husband of Inez N Walford of Link Hill Cottage Sandhurst Kent.

Grave in Ramparts Cemetery of No 1631 Rifleman Hugh William Ching who served as Hugh William Power London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) died of wounds 26th March 1915 Headstone bears inscription “He said farewell, we did not think it was for ever.”

On the 13th March 1915 the Battalion had taken over trenches in a new sector at St Yves north of Ploegsteert and the Battalion was there for 2 days; part of the time they were in the area named Hyde Park Corner described as a quiet area but seven men were hit of whom one died; this may be Rifleman Power. Son of Richard and Annie Ching of Tooting London; husband of P Flemming (formerly Ching) of Meadowside Newtown New Mills Stockport. Born Brixton, enlisted London.

Railway Chateau Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, West Flanders. 2 miles W pf Ypres, 2 miles E of Vlamertinghe. Used from November 1914 to October 1918. Records 105 UK burials.

Grave in Railway Chateau Cemetery of Lieutenant Charles Francis Ralph Wiseman-Clarke. 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 20th February 1916 aged 19 years. Headstone bears inscription “Faithful unto Death.”

Graves in Railway Chateau Cemetery of No 38276 Gunner Wilfred Malta John Bartlett, 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery killed in action 24th May 1915. Born Reading Berks, enlisted Caversham,Berks, residence Reading. No 33425 Gunner William Thomas Scrase, 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery killed in action 25th May 1915. Born Bolney, Haywards Heath, Sussex, enlisted Heath, Sussex, residence Portslade, Sussex. and No 339 Gunner Andry Kelly, 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery killed in action 24th May 1915. Born Mexborough, Yorks, enlisted Pontefract, residence Swinton, Yorks. Brother of Mr J E King of 14 Crumble Street, Camp Road, Leeds.

Grave in Railway Chateau Cemetery of No 16607 Guardsman Frank May 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards killed in action 16th November 1914 aged 23 years. Headstone bears inscription “God took thee to his rest and folded in the Saviours arms, Dear Son, you are blest.” Born Whitechapel, London enlisted Stratford East. Son of Mrs Margaret May of 245 Katherine Buildings, Cartwri Minories, London. No 6352 Private Frank Willis No 1 Company, 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards killed in action 15th November 1914 aged 28 years. Headstone bears inscription “Peace, perfect Peace with loved ones far away.” Born Minehead, Somerset, enlisted Williton, residence Minehead. Son of Andrew and Amelia Willis of Minehead.

Rifle House Cemetery, Warneton, West Flanders. 10 miles from Ypres and 2 miles from Ploegsteert, in Ploegsteert Wood SW of Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery. Records 229 UK., and 1 Can.burials.

Grave in Rifle House Cemetery of No. 5509 Rifleman Robert Barnett 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) killed in action 19th December 1914 aged 15 years, one of the youngest casualties of the war. Son of Phillip and Esther Barnett of 95 Belgrade Road Stoke Newington London, born Hackney, enlisted Stratford Essex, residence Newington Green Middlesex.

Grave in Rifle House Cemetery of No. 5/221 Rifleman Ernest Herman Cohn 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) formerly No 9524 Royal Berkshire Regiment, killed in action 19th December 1914 aged 19 years. Headstone bears inscription “May God Rest his Soul.” Born Mile End, enlisted Stratford, residence Shadwell, Essex.

Graves in Rifle House Cemetery of Captain the Honourable Richard George Grenville Morgan-Grenville 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) killed in action 19th December 1914 aged 27 years (Headstone bears inscription “Safe in the arms of Jesus”) and Captain the Honourable Francis Reginald Denis Prittie 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) Legion of Honour, killed in action 19th December 1914 aged 34 years. Son of 4th Baron Dunalley and Baroness Dunalley of Kilboy Nenagh Co. Tipperary. Assistant Commissioner Uganda Commission 1910 – 1914.

Grave in Rifle House Cemetery of No 14124 Private William C Easby 8th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment killed in action 10th January 1916 aged 19 years. Headstone bears inscription “For honour, liberty and truth He gave away his glorious youth.” Born and enlisted in Liverpool.

Grave in Rifle House Cemetery of Second Lieutenant John Percival Hermon-Hodge 4th Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry killed in action 28th May 1915 aged 24 years. Headstone bears inscription “6th son of Lord and Lady Wyfold . Praemium Vertus Gloria.”

R.E. Farm Cemetery, Wytschaete, West Flanders. 4 miles S of Ypres and 2 miles from Wytschaete. “R. E. Farm” was the name given to Ferme des douze Bonnniers, on W side of the road between Wulverghem and Wyschaete. Saw exceptionally fierce fighting in November 1914 and April 1918. Records 132 U.K. and 47 Can. burials.

Grave in R.E. Farm Cemetery of No 16055 Sergeant Samuel George Eaton 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) killed in action 17th July 1915. Headstone bears inscription “Memory keeps our loved one near us Though he lies far away.” Born Battersea, enlisted London.

Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annexe, Ploegsteert, West Flanders. S of village of Wulverghem, 8 miles from Ypres and 6 from Armentieres. N of La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery and 150 yards from the road. Used from Jan. 1915 to Jan. 1918. Records 185 U.K., 12 Aust., 4 N.Z. 1 Unknown and 1 German burials.

 Red Farm Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, West Flanders.  2 miles West of Vlamertinghe, North of the Poperinghe – Ypres road.  Centre for Medical posts and Cemeteries.  Used April-May 1918 during battles of the Lys.  Records 46 U.K. and 3 Civilian burials

Grave in Red  Farm Cemetery  the Headstone recording "Three Civilian victims of the 1914 - 1918 War." The Belgian casualties are buried in one Grave. 

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Grave in Red Farm Cemetery of No. 40154 Rifleman William S Wilson M.M. and Bar, 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, killed in action 27th April 1918.  Formerly No 3118 Royal Army Service Corps.  On the morning of 9th April 1918 a bombardment which rivalled in intensity that of the 21st March 1918 (the major German attack of 1918) broke out from Lens to Armentieres.  Aided by mist 42 German divisions assaulted and broke the British line from Wytschaete to Givenchy.  Subsequently it was determined that the British would have to retreat from positions around Ypres and the 36th Division (this Battalion being in the 109th Brigade in that Division) was left with its front line east of Poelcappelle and its headquarters on the Canal Bank of the Yser Canal.  During the 27th and 28th April the Germans were forced to pause in their offensive in order to relieve exhausted divisions and replenish ammunition in preparation for a fresh effort, which materialized on the 29th, but the front in Flanders was by no means quiet: violent bombardments, continued shelling of roads and local infantry fighting on various parts of the line took place and it was in the area north of Ypres itself that Rifleman Wilson was mortally wounded.  He and the soldier buried next to him No R/20937 Rifleman Alfred William Ingram 18th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps also killed in action 27th April 1918 may well have been amongst the 17 servicemen referred to in the Hagle Dump Explosion noted above.  Rifleman Wilson was born in Carlisle, enlisted Newcastle, Carlisle:  Rifleman Ingram was born in Stepney, Middlesex and enlisted in Stepney. 

Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, West Flanders.  About 2 miles SE of Ypres and W of Zillebeke, between the corner of Zillebeke Lake and the Ypres-Comines railway, th cemetery was begun in April 1915 and records 1,629 U.K., 694 Can., 154 Aust., 3 N.Z., 3 Ind., 1 B.W.I., 2 Unknown, 4 German burials and 332 special memorials, the high number being explained mainly as a number of graves were destroyed by shell-fire in 1917 before they could be properly marked and another 72 who were buried in other cemeteries concentrated here but whose graves were also destroyed by shell-fire.

Grave in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground of Lieutenant A N P Service killed in action on 18th August 1916.  He was killed by a shell in Trench 38 at Hill 60.  He was the brother of a famous Canadian poet Robert Service who himself served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the same area in 1916.

Graves in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground of 19 men from the 60th Battalion Canadian Infantry who died on the 12th August 1916 when the Battalion was holding trenches 37 to 42 on Hill 60.  At one point that day the Germans raided the front line positions and carrying boxes of dynamite succeeded in entering trenches 37, 39 and 41.  However men of the 60th soon beat them back and the boxes of dynamite and their fuses were captured and handed over to a RE tunnelling officer who was inspecting Hill 60 at the time.  In the defence of these trenches the battalion lost two officers and twenty six men killed and two officers and fifty six men wounded. 

Graves in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground of 12 men from the 1/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment killed on the 14th February 1916 when the Germans blew a mine at trenches 37 and 38 south of the Ypres – Comines railway cutting between Hill 60 and Verbrandenmolen.

Grave in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground of Second Lieutenant Frederick Youens VC 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry died of wounds 7th July 1917 aged 24 years.  Lieutenant Youens was wounded while on patrol near Hill 60.  He returned to the Field Ambulance for attention but as his wound was being dressed the Germans attacked.  He manned a machine-gun and as mortar bombs fell near him he threw them back at the enemy but one exploded in his hand and he subseuqently died of his wounds.  An extract from the London Gazette records “For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty.  While out on patrol this officer was wounded and had to return to he trenches to have his wounds dressed.  Shortly afteards a a report came in that the enemy were preparaing to raid our trenches.  2nd Lt. Youens, regardless of his wound, immediately set out to rally the team of a Lewis gun, which had become disorganised owing to heavy shell fire.  During this process an enemy’s bomb fell on the Lewis gun position without exploding.  2nd Lt. Youens immediately picked it up and hurled it over the parapet.  Shortly afterwards another bomb fell near the same place; again 2nd Lt. Youens picked it up, with the intention of throwing it away, when it exploded in his hand severely wounding him and also some of his men.  There is little doubt that the prompt and gallant action of 2nd Lt. Youens saved several of his men’s lives and that by his energy and resource the enemy’s raid was completely repulsed.  This gallant officer has since succumbed to his wounds.”  
 Son of Vincent and Lizzie Youens, of “Belgrave” 64 Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe.
Headstone bears inscription “Loyal True and Kind A beautiful memory left behind.”

Grave in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground of Lieutenant Colonel John Hutton Bowes Wilson Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) attached and commanding 9th York and Lancaster Regiment killed in action 7th June 1917.

R.E.Grave, Railway Wood, Zillebeke, West Flanders. The cemetery is the grave of twelve men buried from 1915 to 1917 during tunnelling operations beneath the Bellewarde Spur.  The base of the Cross of Sacrifice bears an inscription “Beneath this spot lies the bodies of an officer, three N.C.O’s. and eight men of, or attached to, the 177th Tunnelling Company,  R.E., who were killed in action underground during the defence of Ypres between November 1915 and August 1917.” and the names of the following:  No 132856 Sapper Michael Carter Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 13th June 1916 born Wolverhampton, enlisted Dudley, residence Tipton Staffs.,  N0 102449 Sapper George Auty Chatt Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 14th December 1915 born Barnard Castle Co Durham enlisted London residence Crook Co. Durham.,  No 155828 Sapper John H Cotterill Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 22nd Juluy 1917born Chesterfield Derbyshire, enlisted Chesterfield residence Brampton Suffolk., No 132967 Sapper Sidney Firth Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 9th March 1917 born Morley Yorks enlisted Morley., No 112505 Sapper William Spooner killed in action 28th April 1916 born Wednesbury Staffs. enlisted London residence Cannock Staffs.,  No 358513 Private Edward Poulton 10th Battalion King’s (Liverpool Regiment) killed in action 25th April 1917 born Manchester enlisted and residing in Manchester.,  No 18795 Corporal Daniel Brookes Evans 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers killed in action 9th April 1917 born Dowlais Glam. enlisted Merthyr.,  No 25970 Private Thomas Edward Davies 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers killed in action 25th   February 1917 born Adwy Bersham  Denbigh, enlisted Southsea Denbigh.,  No 19105 Private Richard Roberts 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers killed in action 9th April 1917 born Llanwnda Carn., enlisted Bangor, residence Bethesda, Carn.,  Second Lieutenant Charles Geoffrey Boothby Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 28th April 1916.,  No. 147525 Corporal Roland Brindley Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 28th April 1916 born Burslem Staffs enlisted Barnsley Yorks.,  No 86601 Acting Corporal George Arthur Woolley Corps of `Royal Engineers killed in action 22nd July 1917 born Langley Mill Notts enlisted Nottingham.