Divisional Collecting Post Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery and Extension

Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres (now Ieper) in Belgium on the Western Front.

Not to be confused with Divisional Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.
Division Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1917–1918
EstablishedAugust 1917
Location50°52′28″N 02°53′38″E
near 
Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Designed bySir Reginald Blomfield
Total burials765
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: WW1Cemeteries.com

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 "War Cross" or Cross of Sacrifice.

The cemetery was established by field ambulances of the 48th (South Midland) Division and the 58th (London) Division in August 1917 and was used until January 1918.[2] From 1924 to 1926, after the armistice, the cemetery was enlarged by concentrating battlefield graves and those from smaller cemeteries.[3]

The cemetery and its extension were considered separate sites until their records were combined in 2001.[2]

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.[2]

References
  1. First World War, accessed 19 August 2006
  2. "CWGC :: Cemetery Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  3. "DIVISIONAL COLLECTING POST CEMETERY AND EXTENSION". ww1cemeteries.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
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