La Brique Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= La Brique Military 1 and 2
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= 1915 (No 1); 1915-1918 (No 2)
established= 1915
designer= Sir Reginald Blomfield
coordinates= coord|50|51|53|N|02|53|38|E|
nearest_town= Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total= 91 (No 1); 840 (No 2)
unknowns= 4 (No 1); 400 (No 2)
by_country=Allied Powers:
*No 1 - United Kingdom 91
*No 2 - United Kingdom 782
*No 2 - Canada 23
*No 2 - Australia 18
*No 2 - New Zealand 9
*No 2 - South Africa 7
*No 2 - Undivided India 1
by_war=
World War I: 91 (No 1); 840 (No 2)
source= WW1Cemeteries.com [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/labriquemilitarycemeteryno1.htm] [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/labriquemilitarycemeteryno2.htm] and CWGC [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52100&mode=1] [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52101&mode=1]

La Brique Military Cemeteries No 1 and No 2 are Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial grounds 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, named after a now-lost brickworks near to the site, is divided in two by the main road. Cemetery No 1 was founded in May 1915 and used until December 1915. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52100&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry for No 1] , accessed 30 December 2007] It is the smaller of the two.

Cemetery No 2 was founded in February 1915 and was used until March 1918. Originally containing 383 graves, the cemetery was expanded by concentration of graves from the battlefield after the Armistice. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52101&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry for No 2] , accessed 30 December 2007] It now contains 840 graves.

One of the graves concentrated in Cemetery No 2 was originally in the now-gone Kemmel No 2 French Cemetery. [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5625 wo1.be] , accessed 30 December 2007] "See also" Kemmel No 1 French Cemetery.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Notable graves

Cemetery No 2 holds the last resting place of 22-year-old [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/personen/persDetail.asp?PersoonID=28 wo1.be persoon detail fiche] , accessed 30 December 2007] Corporal Alfred George Drake, who was postumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery. [http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/labriquemilitarycemeteryno2.htm WW1Cemeteries.com] , accessed 30 December 2007]

References

External links

* No 1: cwgc cemetery|52100
* No 2: cwgc cemetery|52101