Ramparts cemetery, Ieper - Belgium
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Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
Waymark Code: WMHWYW
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Date Posted: 08/21/2013
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This small cemetery is the only CWGC burial ground within the ancient walls of Ieper. The cemetery was begun in November 1914 by French troops defending the city and was used by Commonwealth troops from February 1915 until April 1918, by which time the Western Front had moved away from Ypres.
At the end of the war, the French graves were removed and concentrated in the nearby Ypres Necropole National French cemetery. Of the British and Commonwealth troops buried here, all but ten are named; in the case of five of the unidentified, the nationality could not be assertained.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Visit Instructions:
Please take a photo of the cross on your visit.