Kemmel Number 1 French Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Kemmel No. 1 French
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= Unknown
established= Unknown
designer= Sir Edwin Lutyens
coordinates= coord|50|48|18.3|N|02|50|25.7|E|
nearest_town= Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium
total= 390
unknowns= 349
by_country=Allied Powers:
*United Kingdom 278
*Australia 12
*Canada 3
*New Zealand 3
Central Powers:
*Germany 94
by_war=
World War I: 390
source= [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/kemmelno1frenchcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] and [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=16401&mode=1 CWGC]

Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.

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. [ [http://www.webmatters.net/belgium/ww1_friedhof_vladslo.htm First World War] , accessed 19 August 2006]

Foundation

The cemetery is unusual for having unknown origins. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=16401&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] accessed 28 December 2007] It was discovered by the French after the Armistice and contained the bodies of Commonwealth, French and German troops. [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/kemmelno1frenchcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] , accessed 28 December 2007]

Despite the name of the cemetery, the French graves were removed (to Kemmel French Ossuary and the large French cemetery at Potijze), leaving the Commonwealth and German graves.

The cemetery was enlarged by concentrating nearby battlefield graves and three British graves, two from a local churchyard and one from a nearby German cemetery. [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5439 wo1.be] , accessed 28 December 2007]

Also included in the concentration were further German graves found in the former battlefields by the Belgians.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

See also Kemmelberg for a battle site.

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