La Belle Alliance Cemetery
  • Het toegangspoortje tot deze begraafplaats.
  • Een zicht op deze zeer kleine begraafplaats.
  • To the memory of several soldiers
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Location
Boezinge is a village in the commune of Ieper, in the Province of West Flanders. La Belle Alliance Cemetery is 3.5 kilometres south of Boezinge and the same distance north-east of Ieper. It stands on the Zwaanhofweg, and is best approached via the N908 Ieper by-pass turning off north at the junction with Briekestraat-Zwaanhofweg is then the first road on the left.
Boezinge, Ieper
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Coordinates
GPS-Reference R5547 - La Belle Alliance Cemetery
DMSX N 50°52'23.8'' - E002°53'37.9''
DMX N 50°52.396' - E002°53.631'
D N 50.873274° - E002.893848°
UTM 31U E 492531 N 5635737
GOOGLE EARTH 50 52.396 N, 002 53.631 E
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La Belle Alliance Cemetery was made in February and March, 1916, by the 10th and 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and used again in July and August, 1917. It was originally named from a farmhouse which stood close by during the 1914-18 War. By 1918 this farmhouse had been destroyed.

There are now 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 10 are unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 349 square metres and is enclosed by a red brick wall.

Burials (Commonwealth War Graves Commission):
  • United Kingdom: 60
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