Buffs Road Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name = Buffs Road
body = Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates = 1917-1918
established = July 1917
designer = A J S Hutton
coordinates = coord|50|52|36|N|02|54|58|E|
nearest_town = Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total = 289
by_country = Allies of World War I:
*United Kingdom: 265
*Australia: 13
*Canada: 10
*South Africa: 1
by_war =
World War I: 289
source = [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/buffsroadcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com]

Buffs Road Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near Ypres (now "Ieper") in Belgium 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 the nickname of a nearby small lane,cite web|url=http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/buffsroadcemetery.htm|title=BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY
publisher=ww1cemeteries.com|accessdate=2008-05-04] was founded in July 1917 by the 12th, 13th and 14th Royal Sussex Regiment and the Royal Artillery.cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=52103&mode=1|title=CWGC :: Cemetery Details|publisher=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-05-04] After the armistice, the cemetery was enlarged by concentrating battlefield graves and that of one officer buried in Brielen Churchyard in 1915, whilst one Belgian soldier was removed.

The cemetery was designed by A J S Hutton.

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