Brandhoek Military Cemetery
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Brandhoek Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in Vlamertinge in Belgium on the Western Front.
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Brandhoek Military | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased 1915–1917 | |
Established | May 1915 |
Location | 50°51′10″N 02°47′29″E near |
Designed by | Sir Reginald Blomfield |
Total burials | 671 |
Burials by nation | |
Burials by war | |
World War I: 671 | |
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com |
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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]