New Irish Farm Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Entrance marker
Used for those deceased 1917–1918
EstablishedAugust 1917
Location50°52′23″N 02°53′51″E / 50.87306°N 2.89750°E / 50.87306; 2.89750
near 
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed bySir Reginald Blomfield
Total burials4716
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com

New Irish Farm Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres (Dutch: Ieper) in Belgium on the Western Front.

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.[1]

Foundation

Chinese Labour Corps graves from after the end of the conflict

The cemetery, named after the nickname of a nearby farmhouse,[2] was established in August 1917. It was used until the November, then again in April and May 1918.[3] At the time of the armistice, it was a small cemetery with 73 graves.[2] It was enlarged by concentrating graves from the battlefields to the north-east of Ypres and from small cemeteries.[2]

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.[2]

Concentrated cemeteries

The following cemeteries were concentrated into New Irish Farm:[2]

References

  1. ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
  2. ^ a b c d e "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  3. ^ "New Irish Farm Cemetery". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Ypres municipality, Belgium
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