Hedge Row Trench Cemetery - Zillebeke - Belgium - Belgium Monument Registers on Waymarking.com

The commune of Zillebeke contains many Commonwealth cemeteries as the front line trenches ran through it during the greater part of the First World War. Hedge Row Trench Cemetery was begun in March 1915 and used until August 1917, sometimes under the name of Ravine Wood Cemetery. The cemetery suffered very severely from shell fire, and after the Armistice the positions of the individual graves could not be found or reconstructed. The headstones are therefore arranged symmetrically round the Cross of Sacrifice. The cemetery contains 98 First World War burials. The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.

Hedge Row Trench Cemetery is located 4 km south east of Ieper town centre, on the Verbrandemolenstraat a road leading from the Komenseweg, connecting Ieper to Komen (N336). From Ieper town centre the Komenseweg is located via the Rijselsestraat, through the Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) and crossing the Ieper ring road, towards Armentieres and Lille. The road name then changes to Rijselseweg. 1 km along the Rijselseweg lies the left hand turning onto Komenseweg. 2.5 km along the Komenseweg lies the right hand turning onto the Vaartstraat. 900 metres along the Vaartstraat lies the left hand turning onto the Verbrandemolenstraat. 400 metres along the Verbrandemolenstraat a short distance from the road is the cemetery.

Adresse/Adres/Adresses/Address: Verbrandemolenstraat Zillebeke, Belgium 8902 Année de construction/Bouwjaar/Baujahr/Year of construction: March 1915 Date d'arrêté/ Datum van het Besluit/ Datum der Unterschutzstellung/ Date of protection: 01-04-2009 Numéro de dossier/Dossiernummer/Dateinummer/File number: ID: 201173 URL: [Web Link]

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