WW1 - Berks cemetery
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Berks Cemetery Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Ploegsteert in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
Waymark Code: WMEP05
Location: Hainaut, Belgium
Date Posted: 06/21/2012
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The cemetery was founded by Commonwealth troops in June 1916 as an extension to Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery which lies across the road.
The cemetery was still small at the time of the Armistice. It was englarged in 1930 when it became clear that Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery and Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery Extension, approximately one kilometre away, could not be acquired in perpetuity and the graves were moved to the Berks Cemetery Extension.
Inside the cemetery is the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing.
The cemetery was designed by H(arold) Chalton Bradshaw, who also designed the Cambrai Memorial in France.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/06/1931
Private or Public Monument?: Other
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
150, Rue de Messines
Comines-Warneton, Belgium
7782
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