Mud Corner Cemetery Explained

Mud Corner
Body:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Use Dates:June–December 1917
Established:1917
Designer:G H Goldsmith
Coordinates:50.7422°N 2.8981°W
Nearest Town:Ploegsteert, Belgium
Total:85
Unknowns:2
By Country:Allied Powers
By War:World War I

85

Source:WW1Cemeteries.com and CWGC

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]

Foundation

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.webmatters.net/belgium/ww1_friedhof_vladslo.htm First World War
  2. Book: Summers, Julie . Remembered . Merrell . London . 2007 . 1-85894-374-4 .
  3. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/51302 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  4. http://www.firstworldwar.com/today/mudcornercemetery.htm firstworldwar.com