The Western Front Today - Bus House Cemetery
Bus House cemetery, located near the village of Voormezeele in the Ypres Salient, was named after a nearby estaminet which itself derived its name on account of a London bus which had broken down in No Man's Land in 1914.
The cemetery contains 134 burials: 109 U.K., 10 Australian, 2 Canadian, 1 British West Indies plus a further 12 unknown.
Two Second World War burials are also contained within the cemetery.
References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Ypres Salient, Leo Cooper 2000
'Alleyman' was British slang for a German soldier.
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