Hedge Row Trench Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name = Hedge Row Trench
body = Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates = 1915-1917
established = March 1915
designer = J R Truelove
coordinates = coord|50|49|10.5|N|02|54|48.5|E|
nearest_town = Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
total = 98
by_country = Allies of World War I:
*United Kingdom: 96
*Canada: 2
by_war =
World War I: 98
source = [http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5697 WO1.be]

Hedge Row Trench 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, also known as "Ravine Wood Cemetery", was founded in March 1915 and closed in August 1917.cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=53103&mode=1|title=CWGC :: Cemetery Details|publisher=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-05-05] Being directly on the front line, the cemetery was repeatedly shelled and the original locations of the graves could not be established. [cite web|url=http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5697|title=Wereldoorlog in de Westhook - Hedge Row Trench|publisher=www.wo1.be|accessdate=2008-05-05] The majority [The main sources imply that "all" of the gravestones are in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice. The [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_plans.aspx?cemetery=53103&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission plan] of the cemetery, as confirmed by the sources' own photographs, shows that there are also a non-symetrical number of gravestones against each of the four walls.] of the stones are therefore arrayed in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice and are marked "known to be buried in this cemetery", [cite web
url=http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/hedgerowtrenchcemetery.htm|title=HEDGE ROW TRENCH CEMETERY|publisher=ww1cemeteries.com|accessdate=2008-05-05] 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]

The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.

Other cemeteries on "The Bluff"

*First DCLI Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, The Bluff
*Woods Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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