David_Blanchard Posted 23 July , 2023 Share Posted 23 July , 2023 The map below outlines the 3 dressing stations used by the 46th North Midland Division in August 1915. No 2 and No 3 dressing stations at Bedford House and Railway Dugouts both have CWGC cemeteries associated with these medical facilities but I cannot find one associated with No1 at Kruistraat. The nearest CWGC cemeteries are Belgian Battery Corner and Divisional Cemetery but there is only one casualty from the North Midland Divsion buried in Divisional Cemetery and none in Belgian Battery Corner during the summer of 1915. Men died at Kruistraat dressing station- there is a reference to a mortuary at the dressing station in the war diary of ADMS 46th Division in August 1915- but where were they buried? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 23 July , 2023 Share Posted 23 July , 2023 Hi David, one cemetery that imediatley springs to mind is Belgian Chateau Cemetery, Kruistraat, this was around 400 yards south west of Belgium Battery Corner. The original IWGC cemetery list gives the location as 28.H.23.b.6.5, I can't say where this cemetery was concentrated to post Armistice. The Relevant Body Density map also shows Trench Railway Cemetery around 700 yards east of Kruistraat and Lock No.4 Cemetery around a 1000 yards south east of Kruistraat, at present I'm unaware of where these cemeteries were concentrated to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 23 July , 2023 Share Posted 23 July , 2023 David, you have access to 9 of the original burial maps and 2 of Richard Laughton's White Cross and I'm sure there is another one in TrenchMapper that wasn't catalogued properly. There is a bit of repetition in the list, so start with these, using the id shown below and the Menu - Map Id Jump option - sing out if lost: White Cross Atlas for Ypres: Name: Maps 41 - 42: Poperinghe, Langemarck, Ypres Sheet: 19, 20, 27, 28 Scale: 1:126,720. Edition: 2020 Digital, Richard Laughton White Cross Insurance atlas of 64 coloured maps and 1,700 cemetery locations circa 1920 Id: white_cross_23 Messer Collection, as referenced by Jay (with Belgian Chateau) Name: Poperinghe, YpresSheet: 28Scale: 1:40,000. Edition: 3 Feb 1917Annotated with disinternments and cemeteries. Marked AAM on reverse. From Messer collection.Id: m_5_000756 Small Scale from Bethune to North Sea, overlay on 1915 map Name: Bethune to North SeaSheet: 1Scale: 1:100,000. Edition: Nov 1915Annotated with cemeteriesId: ma_000040 Numbers on 1918 map Name: Poperinghe, YpresSheet: 28Scale: 1:40,000. Edition: 4 Jan 1918Annotated with cemeteriesId: m_5_005282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 23 July , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 July , 2023 Many thanks for your help. Belgian Chateau Cemetery was concentrated into Perth China Wall- 12 UK burials. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 23 July , 2023 Share Posted 23 July , 2023 2 minutes ago, David_Blanchard said: Many thanks for your help. Belgian Chateau Cemetery was concentrated into Perth China Wall- 12 UK burials. Noted, thanks for that David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 23 July , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 July , 2023 (edited) Trench Railway Cemetery also concentrated at Perth China Wall- although I thought that this was linked to a RAP at Verbrandmolen. David Edited 23 July , 2023 by David_Blanchard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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