- Berks Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Extension
Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Berks Cemetery Extension
body=Commonwealth War Graves Commission
use_dates= June 1916 - September 1917
established= 1916
designer=H Chalton Bradshaw
coordinates= coord|50|44|17|N|02|52|55.2|E|
nearest_town= Ploegsteert, Hainaut,Belgium
total=880
unknowns=
by_country=Allied Powers:
*United Kingdom : 467
*Canada : 149
*Australia : 180
*New Zealand : 80Central Powers :
*Germany : 4
by_war=World War I : 880
source= [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/berkscemeteryextension.htm WW1cemeteries.com]Berks Cemetery Extension is a
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead ofWorld War I located in theYpres Salient on the Western Front.The cemetery grounds were assigned to the
United Kingdom in perpetuity by KingAlbert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by theBritish Empire in the defence and liberation ofBelgium during the war.Foundation
The cemetery was founded by Commonwealth troops in June 1916 as an extension to
Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery which lies across the road. [ [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5735 www.wo1.be] , accessed 26 May 2006]The cemetery was still small at the time of the Armistice. It was englarged in 1930 when it became clear that Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery and Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery Extension, approximately one kilometre away, could not be acquired in perpetuity and the graves were moved to the Berks Cemetery Extension. [ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=9102&mode=1 CWGC entry] , accessed 26 May 2006]
Inside the cemetery is the
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing .The cemetery was designed by H(arold) Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the
Cambrai Memorial in France. [ [http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/cambrai_mem.htm First World War] ]References
External links
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Hepburn&CRid=1992242&pt=Berks%20(CWGC)%20Cemetery%20Extension& Find-A-Grave]
* [http://www.silentcities.co.uk/cemeteryb/Berks%20Cemetery%20Extension%20(Rosenberg%20Chateau%20Plots),%20Ploegsteert.htm Silent Cities]
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