Dochy Farm New British Cemetery

Cemetery Details

Location Zonnebekestraat, Zonnebeke, Provincie West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders) - Flanders, Belgium
Co‑ordinates N50.8817, E2.97199
Description

Location Information
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery is located 7 kilometres north-east of Ieper town centre on the Zonnebekestraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332) connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke. Two roads connect Ieper town centre onto the Zonnebeekseweg. The Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto a small roundabout. Take the first right turn which is Basculestraat. At the end of Basculestraat there is a crossroads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. 7 kilometres along the Zonnebeekseweg, in the village of Zonnebeke, lies the left hand turning onto the Langemarkstraat (further on this street name changes to Zonnebekestraat). The cemetery lies 1.5 kilometres along this road on the left hand side.

History Information
Dochy Farm, which had become a German strong point, was taken by the 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment on 26 September 1917, in the Battle of Polygon Wood. The cemetery was made after the Armistice when isolated graves were brought in from the battlefields of Boesinghe, St. Julien, Frezenberg and Passchendaele. The cemetery now contains 1,439 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 958 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate two casualties believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

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Names

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VOLLER, Richard Frederick

Service number 5422
Private
19th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1896

NOBLE, Robert Henry

Service number 2913
Lance Corporal
36th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Oct 1892

EDOLS, Alleyn Thomas

Service number 7373
Sergeant
5th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 20 Mar 1888

COLEMAN, Walter Leslie

Service number 6495
Private
5th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born 16 Oct 1887

GLANVILLE, Roland Belfield

Service number 240
Lieutenant
8th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892

WRIGHT, William Edward

Service number 3702
Corporal
4th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born 11 Aug 1895

WICKENS, Harry George

Service number 7314
Lance Corporal
13th Field Company Engineers
AIF WW1
Born 1 Apr 1887

HARPER, Harold William

Service number 6517
Second Lieutenant
21st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1885

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