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Voormezeele Enclosures Cemeteries
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The Voormezeele Enclosures are Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial grounds for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
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Voormezeele Enclosure Cemeteries | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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Used for those deceased 1915–1918 | |
Established | 1915 |
Location | 50°49′8″N 02°52′24″E near Voormezeele, West Flanders, Belgium |
Designed by | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
Total burials | 597 (Enclosures 1 and 2); 1,612 (Enclosure 3) |
Unknowns | 40 (Enclosures 1 and 2); 609 (Enclosure 3) |
Burials by nation | |
Allied Powers: (1 & 2/3)
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Burials by war | |
World War I: 2,209 | |
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com;[1][2] CWGC figures differ noticeably whilst being less specific. |
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The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.[3]