The Western Front Today - Irish House Cemetery
Irish House Cemetery, located one mile east of the village of Kemmel in the Ypres Salient, records 102 U.K., 14 Australian and 4 German burials, along with 1 special memorial.
The cemetery was begun in June 1917 in preparation for the Battle of Messines and remained in use until 1918.
References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Ypres Salient, Leo Cooper 2000
Around one million Indian troops served in WW1, of which some 100,000 were either killed or wounded.
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