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Brandhoek

Coordinates: 50°51′16″N 02°47′23″E / 50.85444°N 2.78972°E

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Brandhoek is a small hamlet in Belgium situated between Ieper, Vlamertinge and Poperinge just off the N308/N38.^[1]

Brandhoek was used as a Field Ambulance and Casualty Clearing Station during World War I^[2] and contains three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries:^[3]

Brandhoek Military^[4] with 601 burials
Brandhoek New Military with 514 burials, including Captain Noel Chavasse, Double VC^[5] (a memorial plaque is situated just outside Brandhoek Church with the British flag flying) and also Private C.A. Rudd who was his batman.
Brandhoek New Military No 3^[3] with 849 Burials. A quarter of the graves are Royal Artillery due to the many gun positions in the vicinity.

References

^ "Accommodation in Brandhoek, Belgium". www.greatwar.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
^ "BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY". ww1cemeteries.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
^ ^a ^b "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
^ "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
^ "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

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