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The Western Front Today - Oxford Road Cemetery
Updated - Sunday, 1 September, 2002

Oxford Road cemetery is located in Wieltje in the Ypres Salient.  Begun in 1917 and used from August that year until April 1918.  Contained within the cemetery are 404 U.K., 74 Australian, 37 New Zealand, 9 Newfoundland, 2 Guernsey, 2 German and 248 unknown burials.  The cemetery also contains three special memorials.

 

Film Footage of Oxford Road Cemetery
1,155kb, 27 seconds, Windows Media .WMV format

References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Ypres Salient, Leo Cooper 2000

"Coffin Nails" was a term used by British soldiers to describe cigarettes.

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