World War One Cemeteries in Belgium - W Directory

 

Wieltje Farm Cemetery


Wieltje Farm Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres, West Flanders. 2 miles from Ypres N of road from St Jean to Wieltje. Made and used by fighting units in July – October 1917. Records 113 UK., 1 Can., 1 N.Z., 1 German burials and 20 special memorials.


Grave in Wieltjie Farm Cemetery of No 15140 C.S.M. Arthur Henry Godfrey, D.C.M. 419th Field Company Corps of Royal Engineers killed in action 31st July 1917.

DCM Citation in London Gazette 11 March 1916 for Sergeant-Insructor A H Godfrey 1/1st West. Lanc. Field Co., R.E. T.F. reads "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on several occasions, notably on a night when he assisted wounded men into cover at geat personal risk.  Also in the same place, when after being buried in his dug-out, he assisted others who had also been buried, and carried wounded men into safety under heavy shell fire."


Woods Cemetery


Woods Cemetery, Zillebeke, West Flanders. 3 miles SE of Ypres on W edge of wood 1 mile S of village. Begun by 1st Dorsets and 1st East Surreys in April 1915. Records 212 UK., 111 Can., and 3 Aust. burials.


Grave in Woods Cemetery of No 2488 Sergeant Bugler Sydney Harvey Moxon London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles) killed in action 25th October 1916 aged 38 years. He was a King’s Trumpeter and a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. Son of George J and Eliza Moxon. The Battalion was part of 140 Brigade 47th (London) Division who were established in the Salient by 16th October 1915. At 0800 on the 19th October the 140th Brigade took over the sector of the Bluff and then on the 22nd October the Germans blew 2 or 3 mines near craters on the Bluff. Although not directly involved it waas in this area that Sydney Moxon lost his life.


A Field Grave on the West Wall of Woods Cemetery with Graves of No 76229 Bombardier George Harry Brand, “D” Battery, 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, son of Edward and Amelia Brand husband of Elizabeth Clara Brand of 83 Cadogan Terrace Victoria Park London: No 227470 Gunner John Wann Royal Field Arttilery aged 31, eldest son of David and Mary Wann Cupar Fife, husband of Mary JohnstoneWann: and No 129569 Gunner Wilfred Morton “Y” 37th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery , son of Mrs M Morton of Gill Lane Haslance Grassmoor Chesterfield, all killed in action 12th November 1917. The grave is either a shell hole or gun pit and they may have died whilst manning a 2 inch heavy trench mortar which operated very close to the front line.


Wytschaete Military Cemetery


Wytschaete Military Cemetery, West Flanders. 4 miles S of Ypres, W of village and on the road to Kemmel. The village was captured by the Germans November 1914, re-captured 1917, lost again April 1918 and retaken September 1918. Records 486 U.K., 31 Aust., 19 Can., 11 S.A., 7 N.Z., 4423 Unknown burials and 25 special memorials.


Grave in Wytschaete Military Cemetery of 2nd Lieutenant John Victor Ariel Gleed Royal Flying Corps, 45th Squadron, died of wounds received in aerial combat aged 20 years on 7th July 1917. Headstone bears inscription “Underneath is peace Thine everlasting arms.”


Grave in Wytschaete Military Cemetery of No 201261 Private William McGinty 1/5th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders killed in action 28th September 1918 aged 23 years. Headstone bears inscription “Tis only those who have loved and lost can understand the bitter cost.” Born Old Monkland, Lanarks. Enlisted Coatbridge, Lanarks.


Wulverghem Churchyard


Wulverghem Churchyard , Wulverghem, West Flanders. The plot in the village Churchyard which consists of Special Memorials to soldiers known to have been buried in the churchyard but the location of the grave is unknown as the church and the churchyard were subject to German shelling in April 1918. Two headstones to members of the 1/9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) are the only ones which mark original graves and these are unknown. One of the special memorials is for Squadron Sergeant Major Harry William Baker 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars killed in action on Messines Ridge on the 30th October 1914 aged 36 years a married man who had served in the Regular Army for 20 years.


Welsh Cemetery


Welsh Cemetery (Caesar’s Nose), Boesinghe, West Flanders. 4 miles N of Ypres, near crossing of Ypres-Pilckem and Boesinghe-Wieljte roads. Begun July 1917 by 38th (Welsh) Division at a spot then known as Caesar’s Nose. Records 62 U.K. and 6 Unknown burials. This isolated cemetery was positioned on the (former) German front-line of 31 July 1917 at a point known as Caesar’s Nose.


Grave in Welsh Cemetery of Captain Percy Lloyd Humphreys 15th Battalion Welch Regiment killed in action 31st July 1917 aged 35 years. Headstone bears inscription “Absent from the body Present with the Lord.”

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