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Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery

Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery

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Kemmel No. 1 French Cemetery

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Location: Heuvelland, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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Willem VS

May 8, 2025

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An interesting anecdote concerns the discovery of the cemetery after the war. The French graves were transferred to the Kemmelberg Ossuary and the Saint-Charles de Potyze French military cemetery in Ypres. This left the Commonwealth and German graves behind, giving the cemetery a unique mix of nationalities.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 7, 2022

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Kemmel no. 1 French Cemetery is a special cemetery as its origin is unknown.
The cemetery was discovered by the French after the armistice and contained the bodies of Commonwealth, …

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Hugo Hermans

April 15, 2020

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Two cemeteries from the First World War, one French and one British. The Kemmel No1 French was originally a temporary cemetery for French soldiers, later there are also British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and German soldiers. The Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery contains 779 British soldiers and aviators, 8 Canadian, 8 Australian, 7 New Zealand, one South African, one British West Indian, one Chinese and 17 French soldiers.

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Elevation 30 m

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