Poelkapelle British Cemetery
The Poelkapelle British Cemetery is a military cemetery near the Poelkapelle district of the Belgian municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle .
7,478 British Commonwealth troops from World War I lie in the cemetery . One grave dates from the time of the Second World War . Only 1249 of the dead buried there are known by name. After the end of the war, the dead were brought together from various cemeteries in the area around the village. Most of the dead belong to those who died in the last five months of 1917, but there are also a number of graves from 1914 and 1915 in the cemetery.
In the cemetery, the names of those who fell are commemorated on various memorial plaques, eight of which are buried in this cemetery in, however, unknown graves and 24 fallen dead who were buried by the Germans and whose graves were not found.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden .
Notable are the graves of John Condon and Thomas Carthy. Both were members of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment and both fell on May 24, 1915. At 14 years of age, Condon is the youngest Allied soldier to have fallen in World War I, while Thomas Carthy, aged 47, is the oldest in his regiment. Condon's grave is considered one of the most visited graves of the First World War.
Individual evidence
- ^ Grave details of John Condon of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- ^ Grave details of Thomas Carthy at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- ↑ Poelcapelle British Cemetery Information from the Langemark-Poelkapelle community
- ^ Memorial to youngest Allied WWI soldier to die unveiled in Waterford at Irish Central May 20, 2014, accessed June 23, 2014.
Web links
- Poelcapelle British Cemetery at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 16.4 ″ N , 2 ° 58 ′ 18.6 ″ E