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Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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Established
  
1917

Total burials
  
804

Designed by
  
Sir Edwin Lutyens

Unknown burials
  
109

Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Location
  
near Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium

Address
  
Molenstraat 4, 8956 Heuvelland, Belgium

Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery 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 in Belgium.

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.

Foundation

The cemetery was founded in January 1917 by fighting units and field ambulances.

It was used after the Armistice to concentrate battlefield burials and Ferme Henri Pattyn Vanlaeres and Mont-Vidaigne Military cemeteries. An American soldier was buried here, but his body was later moved to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Within the cemetery is a Cross of Sacrifice.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

References

Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Wikipedia