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Kemmel Chateau
Military Cemetery,
Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Kemmel Chateau was north-east of Kemmel
village and the cemetery was established on the north side of the chateau grounds
in December 1914. It continued to be used by divisions fighting on the southern
sectors of the Belgian front until March 1918, when after fierce fighting involving
both Commonwealth and French forces, the village and cemetery fell into German
hands in late April. The cemetery was retaken later in the year, but in the interval
it was badly shelled and the old chateau destroyed. There are now 1,135 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War in the cemetery. Information
sourced from Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org.
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