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The Western Front Today - Woods Cemetery

Woods cemetery, situated in the Ypres Salient, is near Zillebeke.

The cemetery was established by 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment and 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment in April 1915.

The cemetery records 212 U.K. burials plus a further 111 Canadian and 3 Australian graves.

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

'Whippet' was a term used to describe any light tank.

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