Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Cemeteries

WWI CWGC cemetery in Ypres, Belgium

Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Cemeteries

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1915–1918
Established| 1915
Location| 50°51′41.0″N 02°54′54.1″E﻿ / ﻿50.861389°N 2.915028°E﻿ / 50.861389; 2.915028
near

Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium

Designed by| Sir Reginald Blomfield
Total burials| 477 (Grounds) 229 (Lawn)

Unknowns

| 111 (Grounds)
Burials by nation

Allied Powers: (Grounds/Lawn)

* United Kingdom 399/191
* Australia 25/4
* Canada 49/22
* New Zealand 2/0
* South Africa 1/9

Central Powers: (Grounds/Lawn)

* Germany: 1/3

Burials by war

World War I: 706

Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com [1][2] and the CWGC [3][4]

Potijze Château Lawn and Grounds Cemeteries 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.

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

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These adjoining cemeteries are two of four in and around the site of the former Potijze Château.[2] The château was behind Allied lines for most of the war and served as an Advanced Dressing Station.[3] The château was destroyed by German artillery fire.[4]

The cemeteries were extended after the war by concentration of battlefield graves and small cemeteries from the north-east of Ypres.[5][6]

The cemeteries were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

## See also

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* Potijze Burial Ground Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
* Potijze Château Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

## References

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1. ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
2. ^ WW1Cemeteries.com Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 28 December 2007]
3. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission accessed 28 December 2007
4. ^ firstworldwar.com, accessed 28 December 2007
5. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Potijze Château Lawn, accessed 28 December 2007
6. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Potijze Château Grounds, accessed 28 December 2007

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery.

* Lawn: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
* Grounds: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
* Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery at Find a Grave
* Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery at Find a Grave

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Ypres municipality, Belgium

* Artillery Wood
* Bard Cottage Cemetery
* Bedford House
* Blauwepoort Farm
* Brandhoek
* Military
* New
* No 3
* Buffs Road
* Chester Farm
* Dickebusch
* Old
* New
* Divisional Collecting Post
* Divisional
* Duhallow ADS
* Elzenwalle Brasserie
* Essex Farm Cemetery
* First DCLI, The Bluff
* Hedge Row Trench
* Hooge Crater
* La Belle Alliance
* La Brique
* Larch Wood (Railway Cutting)
* Menin Road South
* Mud Corner
* New Irish Farm
* Oxford Road
* Perth (China Wall)
* Potijze
* Burial Ground
* Château Lawn and Grounds
* Château Wood
* RE Grave Railway Wood
* Railway Chateau
* Ramparts (Lille Gate)
* Ridge Wood
* Spoilbank
* Track "X"
* Tuileries
* Voormezeele Enclosures
* White House
* Wieltje Farm
* Woods
* Ypres
* Reservoir
* Town
* Zillebeke Churchyard

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