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Artillery Wood Cemetery

WWI cemetery in Belgium

Field	Value
name	Artillery Wood
body	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
image	[[Image:ArtilleryWood.jpg	300px	Artillery Wood cemetery]]
use_dates	1917–1918
established	1914
designer	Sir Reginald Blomfield
coordinates
nearest_town	Boezinge, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
total	1307
source	CWGC

World War I: 1307 (of which 801 are identified)

Artillery Wood Cemetery, near Boezinge, Belgium, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery from the First World War.

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.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Establishment

The cemetery was established in 1917 after fighting in the immediate area – the Battle of Pilckem Ridge – had moved away and was used for burials until March 1918.

At the point of the Armistice there were some 141 graves in the cemetery. Concentration from the battlefields and three smaller cemeteries (Boesinghe Chateau Grounds, Brissein House and Captain's Farm) enlarged this to the present 1,307.

Burials by Unit

The following list is compiled from the 801 identified casualties in Artillery Wood Cemetery with Imperial Units in bold:

Wiltshire Regiment: 1

Notable burials

It is the location of the grave of Hedd Wyn (1887–1917), posthumous winner of the bardic chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod, and of Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917), the Irish poet.

Image:HeddWynGravestone.jpg|Hedd Wyn's gravestone File:Artillery Wood Cemetery 6.JPG|Francis Ledwidge's gravestone

References

[http://www.webmatters.net/belgium/ww1_friedhof_vladslo.htm First World War], accessed 19 August 2006
"Markham Museum {{!}} Destination Ontario".
(1917-07-31). "Artillery Wood Cemetery". Webmatters.net.
Reading Room Manchester. "Cemetery Details". CWGC.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040445j/p040435t BBC One]; [http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/memorial-francis-ledwidge.htm greatwar.co.uk]

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