𝐛𝐢𝐣 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝟐𝟖 𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝟐𝟒. 𝐖𝐢𝐣𝐤 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐤 𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝟔𝟗 (𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝟒 𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝟑 𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐤 𝐣𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 , 𝐰𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐨𝐦𝐭 𝐨𝐩 𝟏,𝟑 𝐤𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚). 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐣 𝐂𝐖𝐆𝐂 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝 (𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲.

This cemetery was established in April 1915 and named after a nearby grove of larch trees, which is also the reason why larch trees were planted here. Larch Wood Cemetery has 1,177 graves, 321 of which are unidentified. 82 soldiers are believed to be buried here with no known grave. They are commemorated in the cemetery on what is called a Special Memorial.

Three Canadians are buried here in 1916 and are commemorated today on the Menin Gate. William Furzer, a 34-year-old laborer born in Somerset, England, died on June 3, 1916. John Shannon, a 28-year-old grocer born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Henry Bridge, a 34-year-old worker from Liverpool, both serve with the 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry). They were killed on July 21 and 22, 1916, when their unit manned the front at Hill 60. Their graves are lost during the further violence of war.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 15, 2022

Larch Wood is derived from a larch grove that was just south of the cemetery. Tunnels were dug in this area as shelters, which in 1917 were used as headquarters and medical posts.
The cemetery is accessible via a 160 m country road and a railway crossing. From the entrance there is an 80 m grass path to the part with the graves. In the axis of this access path, on the southwestern wall is the Cross of Sacrifice and opposite the Stone of Remembrance, flanked by two brick shelters.
857 dead are commemorated, including 321 unidentified.
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September 15, 2022

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