Tuileries British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name = Tuileries British
body = Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates = 1915
established = 1915
designer = W C Von Berg
coordinates = coord|50|50|23|N|02|55|11|E|
nearest_town = Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total = 98
by_country = Allies of World War I:
*United Kingdom: 95
*France: 3
by_war =
World War I: 98
source = [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/tuileriesbritishcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com]

Tuileries British 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

This cemetery's name means "tile factory", as it was begun in the grounds of a tile works in 1915.cite web|url=http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/tuileriesbritishcemetery.htm|title=TUILERIES BRITISH CEMETERY|publisher=ww1cemeteries.com|accessdate=2008-05-04] The chimneys of the tile works were very visible and provided a means for the opposing side to calibrate their shells. This led to the cemetery itself being heavily shelled and the sites of most of the original graves were lost. [cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=55902&mode=1
title=CWGC :: Cemetery Details|publisher=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-05-04] Most of the gravestones are positioned around the edges of the otherwise empty-looking cemetery, and are marked "known to be buried in this cemetery", with the default additional phrase "Their glory shall not be blotted out", a line suggested by Rudyard Kipling. [cite web
url=http://www.ypressalient.co.uk/War%20Diaries/Ypres%20Salient%20September%202004%20wd.htm|title=Ypres Salient September 2004|publisher=www.ypressalient.co.uk|accessdate=2008-05-04|last=Moore|first=Steve and Barbara] [cite web
url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mark_honigsbaum/2007/11/pro_patria_mori.html|title=Pro patria mori? | Comment is free|publisher=commentisfree.guardian.co.uk|accessdate=2008-05-04|last=Honigsbaum|first=Mark]

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