Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Klein Vierstraat British
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= 1917-1918
established= 1917
designer= Sir Edwin Lutyens
coordinates= coord|50|48|19.1|N|02|50|20|E|
nearest_town= Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium
total= 804
unknowns= 109
by_country=Allied Powers:
*United Kingdom 780
*Australia 8
*Canada 8
*New Zealand 7
*South Africa 1
by_war=
World War I: 804
source= [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5440 wo1.be] and [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52500&mode=1 CWGC]

Klein Vierstraat British 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 was founded in January 1917 by fighting units and field ambulances. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52500&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission] accessed 28 December 2007]

It was used after the Armistice to concentrate battlefield burials and Ferme Henri Pattyn Vanlaeres and Mont-Vidaigne Military cemeteries. An American soldier was buried here, but his body was later moved to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/kleinvierstraatbritishcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] , accessed 28 December 2007]

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

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