Woods Cemetery

{{Infobox Military Cemetery

|name = Woods

|body = Commonwealth War Graves Commission

|image = Image:Woods CWGC 2461081249 entrance.jpg

|use_dates = 1915–1918

|established = April 1915

|designer = Sir Edwin Lutyens

|coordinates = {{coord|50|49|21|N|02|54|55|E|}}

|nearest_town = Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium

|total = 326

|by_country = Allies of World War I:

|by_war =

World War I: 326

|source = [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/woodscemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com]| embedded = {{designation list | embed=yes

| designation1 = WHS

| designation1_offname =Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

| designation1_type = Cultural

| designation1_criteria = i, ii, vi

| designation1_date = 2023 (45th session)

| designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1567 1567-FL20]

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Woods Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near The Bluff south of Ypres (Ieper) in Belgium on the Western Front.

Foundation

Image:Woods CWGC 2461084411 war cross.jpg or War Cross]]

The cemetery was made by the 1st Battalions of the Dorset and East Surrey Regiments in April 1915.{{cite web

|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/53100|title=CWGC :: Cemetery Details|publisher=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-05-05}} It closed in September 1917. Many of the burials are from the London Regiment and the Canadian 2nd, 3rd and 10th Divisions.{{cite web|url=http://www.wo1.be/eng/database/dbDetail.asp?TypeID=6&SubTypeID=19&ItemID=5693|title=Wereldoorlog I in de Westhoek – Woods Cemetery|publisher=www.wo1.be|accessdate=2008-05-05}} For much of the war,{{cite web|url=http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/woodscemetery.htm|title=Woods Cemetery|publisher=ww1cemeteries.com|accessdate=2008-05-05}} the front line ran just beyond the trees the cemetery is named for.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. 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.[http://www.webmatters.net/belgium/ww1_friedhof_vladslo.htm First World War], accessed 19 August 2006

Other cemeteries on "The Bluff"

References

External links

{{cwgc cemetery|53100}}
[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2145517 Woods Cemetery] at Find a Grave

Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium

Category:World War I cemeteries in Belgium

Category:Cemeteries and memorials in West Flanders

Category:Works of Edwin Lutyens in Belgium

Category:Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)