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Ploegsteert Memorial

Memorials	:	3
Location	:	Ploegsteert, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate	:	50.7378000, 2.8822800
Description	:	Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels. Location Information: The Ploegsteert Memorial stands in Berks Cemetery Extension, which is located 12.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on the N365 leading from Ieper to Mesen (Messines), Ploegsteert and on... Read More	Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels. Location Information: The Ploegsteert Memorial stands in Berks Cemetery Extension, which is located 12.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre, on the N365 leading from Ieper to Mesen (Messines), Ploegsteert and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg (N336). 3.5 kilometres along the N336 lies a fork junction with the N365. The N365, which forms the right hand fork, leads to the town of Mesen. The Cemetery lies 3 kilometres beyond Mesen on the right hand side of the N365, and opposite Hyde Park Corner Royal Berks Cemetery. The sounding of the Last Post takes place at the Ploegsteert Memorial on the first Friday of every month at 7 p.m. Historical Information: The Ploegsteert Memorial commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave. The memorial serves the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton to the north, to Haverskerque-Estaires-Fournes to the south, including the towns of Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleul and Armentieres, the Forest of Nieppe, and Ploegsteert Wood. The original intention had been to erect the memorial in Lille. Those commemorated by the memorial did not die in major offensives, such as those which took place around Ypres to the north, or Loos to the south. Most were killed in the course of the day-to-day trench warfare which characterised this part of the line, or in small scale set engagements, usually carried out in support of the major attacks taking place elsewhere. Berks Cemetery Extension, in which the memorial stands, was begun in June 1916 and used continuously until September 1917. At the Armistice, the extension comprised Plot I only, but Plots II and III were added in 1930 when graves were brought in from Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery and Extension, about 1 kilometre to the north-west, when it was established that these sites could not be acquired in perpetuity. Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery was used by fighting units from November 1914 to August 1916. The extension was begun in May 1916 and used until March 1918. Together, the Rosenberg Chateau cemetery and extension were sometimes referred to as 'Red Lodge'. Berks Cemetery Extension now contains 876 First World War burials. Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery is separated from Berks Cemetery Extension by a road. It was begun in April 1915 by the 1st/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment and was used at intervals until November 1917. Hyde Park Corner was a road junction to the north of Ploegsteert Wood. Hill 63 was to the north-west and nearby were the 'Catacombs', deep shelters capable of holding two battalions, which were used from November 1916 onwards. The cemetery contains 83 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and four German war graves The cemetery, cemetery extension and memorial were designed by H Chalton Bradshaw, with sculpture by Gilbert Ledward. No. of Identified Casualties: 11369

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Latitude: 50.7378000
Longitude: 2.8822800

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Berks Cemetery Extension
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7377900, 2.8820700

2. Hyde Park Corner Royal Berk Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7377300, 2.8826700

3. Strand Military Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7327100, 2.8808700

4. Underhill Farm Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7411700, 2.8702400

5. Mud Corner Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7420900, 2.8983500

6. Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery
Ploegsteert, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7371700, 2.9004100

7. Toronto Avenue Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7407200, 2.9000300

8. Prowse Point Military Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7438800, 2.8985800

9. Ploegsteert Churchyard
Ploegsteert, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7259300, 2.8791900

10. Rifle House Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7356900, 2.9010100

11. Lancashire Cottage Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7290200, 2.8973800

12. London Rifle Brigade Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7210800, 2.8825900

13. La Plus Douve Farm Military Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7529200, 2.8645700

14. Ration Farm La Plus Douve Cemetery Annex
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7548300, 2.8637100

15. Gunners Farm Military Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7182300, 2.8964600

16. Calvaire Essex Military Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7181610, 2.8964640

17. Island of Ireland Peace Park
Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7594550, 2.8951760

18. Saint Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery
Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7569700, 2.8556500

19. Bethleem Farm West Cemetery
Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7585700, 2.9066200

20. Messines Ridge British Cemetery
Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7645700, 2.8909700

21. Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial
Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7649474, 2.8909312

22. Kandahar Farm Cemetery
Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7548100, 2.8475800

23. Wulvergem Churchyard
Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7595600, 2.8547600

24. Sint-Niklaaskerk
Mesen, Arrondissement Ieper, Belgium
Coordinate: 50.7640800, 2.8987640

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