Lancashire Cottage Cemetery

CWGC cemetery (World War I) in Ploegsteert, Belgium
50°43′45″N 02°53′52″E / 50.72917°N 2.89778°E / 50.72917; 2.89778
near 
Ploegsteert, Wallonia, Belgium
Designed byCharles HoldenTotal burials269Burials by nation
Allied Powers:
  • United Kingdom: 231
  • Australia: 23
  • Canada: 2

Central Powers:

  • Germany: 13
Burials by war
World War I: 269

Lancashire Cottage Cemetery is a British military cemetery for victims of the First World War, located in the Belgian village of Ploegsteert. The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]

It holds the remains of several Royal Scots Fusiliers casualties.[2]

References

  1. ^ mondial, UNESCO Centre du patrimoine. "Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (Belgique)". UNESCO Centre du patrimoine mondial (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. ^ Special Correspondent (October 22, 1923). "War Graves of Royal Scots Fusiliers". The Glasgow Herald. Vol. 141, no. 253. p. 6.

External links

  • Official website
  • Lancashire Cottage Cemetery at Find a Grave Edit this at Wikidata
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Comines-Warneton municipality, Belgium