The path to the
cemetery entrance has
a line-up of 1,392 poles.
Each pole representing each day
the military hospital was open.
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On each pole there is a mark, which
represents each casualty who died on that day.
The rows, upon rows of those
who died in the Casualty Clearing
Station at Lijssenthoek
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Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery
• Began as a Casualty Clearing station and Hospital in June 1915
• Close to the main line of communication and the battlefield and out of the
range of enemy forces for the majority of the war.
• 4 large Field Hospitals and 4 large Casualty Clearing Stations at Lijssenthoek
• 4,000 beds were available at the hospital complex
• 10,784 Buried within the cemetery
• 9,877 casualties are Identified
• 30 different nationalities are buried within the cemetery
• It is the largest hospital cemetery in Belgium
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Using the CWGC database, investigate one casualty buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
www.cwgc.org
Select ‘find a cemetery’, enter ‘Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery’. Choose a casualty from the list.
During the lesson, and for your homework, you need to investigate :
Name
Birth/Death
Regiment
Where he was based during the war
Role, duties and responsibilities within the war
How he died
Headstone
Where he is buried within the cemetery
Extra information could be:
Photo
Life before the war
Where he lived before the war
Personal information
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Extra websites to aid your research
http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/lijssenthoekmilitarycemetery1.htm
http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1cemeteries/lijssenthoekmilitarycemetery.htm
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ypres-salient/cemetery-lijssenthoek.htm
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http://www.lijssenthoek.be/
Plot each of your
casualties on the map
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