| Details Vlamertinghe
is a village and commune in the Province of West Flanders, on the road and the
railway between Poperinghe and Ypres. Brandhoek is a hamlet on the road about
1 ½ miles from Vlamertinghe station and 2 ½ from Poperinghe station,
and its three Cemeteries are on the South side of the village
During the War,
Brandhoek, was within the comparatively safe area which ended at Vlamertinghe
Church, and Field Ambulances were posted there continiuously. The Military cemetery
was opened early in May 1915, in a field adjoining the Dressing Stastion, and
closed in July 1917. It contains the bodies of 597 soldiers of the United Kingdom;
63 from Canada, 4 from Australia and 2 of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (who
fought with the 1sr Lincolnshire Regiment); and 2 German soldiers are buried in
it. In July 1917 the casualties of the British offensive in Flanders and the arrival
of the 32nd, 3rd Australian end 44th Casualty Clearing Stations made it necessary
to open the New Military Cemetery, 300 yards away. The graves in this Cemetery
are of July and August 1917; they contain the remains of 514 soldiers from the
United Kingdom, 11 from Australia and 6 from Canada, and those of 28 German Prisoners
of War. In the middle of August 1917 the New Military Cemetery nr 3, opposite
the New Military, was opened; for this Cemetery a separate Register has been published.
The
Military Cemetery is surrounded by a low rubble wall, a thorn hedge, and a double
row of willows, and covers about 3600 square yards. The New Military Cemetery
is long and narrow, and is surrounded by a low rubble wall, and the War Stone,
at the North-East end, is backed by willows. It covers about 1500 square yards.
Number
of burials by Unit | Royal
Field Artillery | 104 | | Canadian
units | 63 |
| Royal Engineers |
44 | | Welsh
Guards | 33 |
| King's Liverpool Regt. |
24 | | Rifle
Brigade | 15 |
| Royal Scots Fusiliers |
15 | | Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles) | 15 |
| Cameron Highlanders |
14 | | Border
Regt. | 14 |
| Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
14 | | Middlesex
Regt. | 13 |
| Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) |
13 | | Yorkshire
Regt. (Green Howards) | 12 |
| Northumberland Fusiliers |
11 | | East
Yorkshire Regt. | 11 |
| Honourable Artillery Company |
11 | | Argyll
& Sutherland Highlanders | 10 |
| Royal Garrison Artillery |
10 | | Royal
Army Medical Corps | 10 |
| Sherwood Foresters (Notts.
& Derbys. Regt.) | 9 | | Machine
Gun Corps (Inf.) | 9 | | Royal
Army Service Corps | 9 | | Royal
Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) | 8 | | Coldstream
Guards | 8 | | Cheshire
Regt. | 8 | | South
Lancashire Regt. | 7 | | King's
Royal Rifle Corps | 7 | | Lincolnshire
Regt. | 7 | | Loyal
North Lancashire Regt. | 7 | | King's
Shropshire Light Infantry | 6 | | Durham
Light Infantry | 6 | | Cambridgeshire
Regt. | 5 | | Queen's
(Royal West Surrey Regt.) | 5 | | Seaforth
Highlanders | 5 | | Hertfordshire
Regt. | 5 | | Wiltshire
Regt. | 4 | | Highland
Light Infantry | 4 | | Gordon
Highlanders | 4 | | Australian
units | 4 | | Suffolk
Regt. | 4 | | Northamptonshire
Regt. | 4 | | Scots
Guards | 4 | | Royal
Sussex Regt. | 4 | | East
Surrey Regt. | 4 | | Duke
of Cornwall's Light Infantry | 4 | | Grenadier
Guards | 3 | | Gloucestershire
Regt. | 3 | | Leinster
Regt. | 3 | | Somerset
Light Infantry | 3 | | Royal
Flying Corps | 2 | | Royal
West Kent Regt. (Queen's Own) | 2 | | Bermuda
Volunteer Rifle Corps | 2 | | West
Yorkshire Regt. | 2 | | York
& Lancaster Regt. | 2 | | Devonshire
Regt. | 2 | | Royal
Horse Artillery | 2 | | 8th
Bn. London Regt. (Post Office Rifles) | 2 | | Monmouthshire
Regt. | 2 | | 21st
Bn. London Regt. (First Surrey Rifles) | 2 | | Hampshire
Regt. | 2 | | Lancashire
Fusiliers | 2 | | 18th
Bn. London Regt, (London Irish Rifles) | 2 | | Royal
Irish Rifles | 1 | | 22nd
Bn. London Regt. ( The Queen's) | 1 | | South
Staffordshire Regt. | 1 | | 17th
Bn. London Regt. (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) | 1 | | 23rd
Bn. London Regt. | 1 | | Scottish
Horse | 1 | | Leicestershire
Regt. | 1 | | Royal
Naval Division | 1 | | Irish
Guards | 1 | | Royal
Irish Fusiliers | 1 | | Duke
of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) | 1 | | Royal
Dublin Fusiliers | 1 | | Royal
Army Ordnance Corps | 1 | | 11th
Hussars | 1 | | King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | 1 | | King's
Own Scottish Borderers | 1 | | Royal
Warwickshire Regt. | 1 |
| Identified UK & Commonwealth
Burials | 662 | | | |
| Unidentified UK Burials |
4 | | | | | German
burials | 2 | | | |
| Total Burials | 668 | | | |
Those with aw.ards buried in this cemetery Cpl.
E. Bartlett D.C.M. "Y" 23rd Trench Mortar Bty. Royal Field Artillery.13/04/17.
I.K.10.
Serjt. G. E. Brain M.M. "D" Bty. 282nd Bde Royal
Field Artillery. 04/07/17. II.L.17.
Serjt. A.L. Elson M. M. "A"
Bty. 64th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 18/07/17. I.L.24.
Capt.
T.B. Erskine M.C. 4th Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, attd. 1st Bn.
Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action at Hooge 20/07/15. M.A. (Hons.) posthumously
Glasgow University. I.A.21.
Act. Bmdr. H.J. Evans Long Service and Good
Conduct Medal. 107Bty. 23rd Brigade. Royal Field Artillery. Age 36. Served
in the South African Campaign. I.C.11.
Lt. P.H.B. Fitch M.C. "D"
Bty. 177th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 23/07/17. I.N.15.
Cpl.
P.J. Griffin M.M. 15th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Killed in action 07/07/17.
II.M.3.
Capt. W.C. Hayden Long Service Medal. "D" Coy.
1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in action 19/09/15. I.D.5.
Brig.
Gen. F.J. Heyworth C.B., D.S.O. Scots Guards, commanding 3rd Guards Brigade.
09/05/16. II.C.2.
Gnr. W. Jones M.M. "A" Bty. 148th Bde.
Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 24/07/17. I.N.16.
Serjt. R.C.
Murchinson M.M. "C" Bty. 315th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in Ypres 11/06/17. I.K.29.
Capt. H.E.A. Platt. Mentioned in
Despatches.2nd Coy. 1st Bn. Coldsteam Guards. Killed in action in the Ypres
Salient 15/05/16. One of the first Cavalry Officers to transfer to the Infantry.
Soldier, poet and sportsman. II.B.8.
Cpl. C.G. Rickett M.M. 44th
Bn. Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 03/07/17. I.F.12.
Lce. Cpl.
J. Stevenson M.M. Croix de Guerre. 10 Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed
in action 22/07/17. II.N.8. Those also buried
in this cemetery
Serjt. R.
L. Corry Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in action 24/09/15. Civil Engineer
on Staff of Thames Conservancy. Joined the H.A.C. as volunteer in Aug.14; offered
a commission the day prior to his death. I.D.6.
2nd Lt. J.S. Leeds
Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in action at Hooge 19/09/15. Returned from
Argentine in Sept.14 ro rejoin Honourable Artillery Company. I.D.2.
Pte.
G.A. Lewis 1st Bn. Welsh Guards. Died of wounds 22/03/16. Rejected as "unfit".
Underwent operation in Llanally Hospital to render himself "fit". I.J.7.
Pte.
GA. Mascord Honourable Artillery Company. 20/09/15. Old King's College School
Boy, London (Wimbledon School), and Staff of "Daily Chronicle", London.
I.E.5.
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