- Chester Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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Chester Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission 
Used for those deceased 1915-1917 Established March 1915 Location 50°49′17.5″N 2°54′4.3″E / 50.821528°N 2.901194°E[1] near Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens Total burials 424 Unknown
burials9 Burials by nation Allied Powers: - United Kingdom: 311
- Canada: 88
- Australia: 21
- Germany: 4
Burials by war World War I: 424 Statistics source: wo1.be and firstworldwar.com Chester Farm is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by the King of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
Contents
Foundation
Gravestones at the rear of the cemetery, showing planting done by the CWGC.
Commonwealth troops began using the site as a cemetery in March 1915.[2] The cemetery is named after a nearby farm.[3]
Unusually, the dead are mostly grouped by battalion,[4] departing from the usual Commission practice of there being little or no order other than date to the burials.
There are special markers for six soldiers (five British and one Canadian) who are known or believed to be buried in the cemetery but whose actual plot was lost or destroyed.[4] These stones usually have the Rudyard Kipling-derived footnote "Their glory shall not be blotted out".
Notable graves
Private Alfred Bootham of Manchester, who was killed on 9 June 1915, is buried at Chester Farm. He was 16 years old.[5] The painter ES Carlos is also buried here.[6]
References
- ^ wo1.be, undated, accessed 17 February 2006
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry, undated, accessed 17 February 2007
- ^ Duffy, Michael firstworldwar.com, 1 September 2002, accessed 17 February 2007
- ^ a b wo1.be, undated, accessed 17 February 2007
- ^ Europaschule, undated, accessed 17 February 2007
- ^ wo1.be, undated, accessed 17 February 2006
External links
- Cemetery register: Details • Reports • Plans • Photographs. CWGC.
Artillery Wood • Bedford House • Blauwepoort Farm • Brandhoek Military · New · No 3 • Buffs Road • Chester Farm • Dickebusch New · Old • Divisional Collecting Post • Divisional • Duhallow ADS • Elzenwalle Brasserie • First DCLI, The Bluff • Hedge Row Trench • Hooge Crater • La Belle Alliance • La Brique • Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) • Menin Road South • New Irish Farm • Oxford Road • Perth (China Wall) • Potijze Burial Ground · Château Lawn and Grounds · Château Wood • RE Grave Railway Wood • Railway Chateau • Ramparts (Lille Gate) • Ridge Wood • Spoilbank • Track "X" • Tuileries • Voormezeele Enclosures • White House • Wieltje Farm • Woods • Ypres Reservoir • Ypres Town • Zillebeke ChurchyardCategories:- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium
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