La Brique Military Cemetery No.1
- Country Belgium
- Total identified casualties 87 Find these casualties
- Region West-Vlaanderen
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.86449, Longitude: 2.89457
Location information
The cemetery is located to the North-East of the town of Ieper. From the station turn left and drive along M.Fochlaan to the roundabout, turn right and go to the next roundabout. Here turn left into M.Haiglaan and drive to the next roundabout. Here turn right into Oude Veurnestraat, this then changes into Diksmuidseweg and Brugseweg drive along this road to the traffic lights, at the lights turn left into Industrielaan then turn first right into Pilkemseweg, the cemetery is approx 300 metres on the right.
Visiting information
La Brique Military Cemetery No 1 is the smaller of the 2 cemeteries and is opposite La Brique Military Cemetery No 2. The two cemeteries are opposite each other on either side of the main road (Pilkemseweg)
ARRIVAL
The cemetery is signposted.
PARKING
It is possible to park in the layby on the opposite side of the main road, along the front perimeter of La Brique Cemetery No 2. There is space for up to 10 vehicles.
The ground is flat and firm with a tarmac surface.
ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
The cemetery is a square shape and on the opposite side of the road to la Brique Military Cemetery No 2.
The main gate (black metal) is on the left side of the cemetery, 150 centimetres wide, mid-level with two sections that open inwards into the cemetery. The left section is latched at the top. The right section can be opened by lifting a vertical lever at the lower part of the gate. The ground below the entrance is paved, flat and firm and level with the footpath and the grass inside the cemetery.
The Register Box is inside the main entrance, built into the right pillar viewed from inside the cemetery.
There is a stone bench seating area at the rear left-hand side of the cemetery.
All internal paths are grass, the ground is flat and firm.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
The main entrance allows unrestricted access.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
La Brique is a small hamlet named from an old brick works that used to stand nearby before the First World War.
LA BRIQUE CEMETERY No.1 was begun in May 1915 and used until the following December. It contains 91 First World War burials, four of them unidentified.
Across the road is LA BRIQUE CEMETERY No.2, which was begun in February 1915 and used until March 1918. Further graves were brought into this cemetery from the battlefields after the Armistice to create Plot II and extend the original plot.
Both cemeteries were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.