Mud Corner Cemetery
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Mud Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, 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]
| Mud Corner | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased June–December 1917 | |
| Established | 1917 |
| Location | 50°44′32″N 02°53′53″E / 50.74222°N 2.89806°E near |
| Designed by | G H Goldsmith |
| Total burials | 85 |
Unknowns | 2 |
| Burials by nation | |
Allied Powers:
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| Burials by war | |
World War I: 85 | |
| Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, vi |
| Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
| Reference no. | 1567-WA13 |
| Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com and CWGC | |
Foundation
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The cemetery, near Ploegsteert ("Plug Street" to the common soldier of the time), is one of the smaller of the 23000 cemeteries maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission,[2] with just 85 graves.[3] They date from the outbreak of the Battle of Messines.[4]
References
edit- ^ First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
- ^ Summers, Julie (2007). Remembered. London: Merrell. ISBN 1-85894-374-4.
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission, accessed 13 October 2007
- ^ firstworldwar.com, accessed 13 October 2007
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