![]() HEULE CHURCHYARD, which contained the graves of six British soldiers and one unidentified airman buried in October 1918. HENSIES CHURCHYARD, which contained the graves of one Canadian and three British soldiers of November 1918 and one British soldier of August 1914. ![]() ![]() The more important graveyards or groups of graves concentrated into this cemetery were the following:-ĪSQUILLIES CHURCHYARD, which contained the graves of eleven British soldiers of November 1918.ĪUDREGNIES CHURCHYARD, which contained the graves of eight British soldiers of August 1914 and one of November 1918.ĮLVERDINGHE CHURCHYARD, which contained the graves of nine British soldiers of October 1914. In the years immediately following the Armistice, most of Plots II - XV were added when Commonwealth graves were brought in from the battlefields and small burial grounds around Langemark and Poelkapelle, mostly dating from the Autumn of 1917. The original Cement House Cemetery (now Plot I, an irregular group of 231 graves) was begun here at the end of August 1917 and used by the 4th and 17th Division burial officers, by field ambulances and by units in the line until April 1918. "Cement House" was the military name given to a fortified farm building on the Langemark-Boesinghe (now Boezinge) road. Commonwealth, French and Belgian forces have in turn defended and attacked it. ![]() The village was in German hands from April 1915 to August 1917 and from April to September 1918. Langemark has given its name to the Battles of 21-24 October 1914 and 16-18 August 1917. ![]()
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