Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
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Location
Region : Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Latitude : 50.764748
Lontitude : 2.890971
CWGC Link : 55400
Messines Ridge British Cemetery is located 9.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre on the Nieuwkerkestraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg, N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. Nieuwkerkestraat is a right hand turning from the N365 in the town of Mesen. The cemetery lies 250 metres after this right hand turning, on the left hand side of the road.

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Cookstown Casualties
No     Rank Name Service No Regiment / Service Date Of Death Grave Ref
1 Portrait Pte. Watson, James 16082 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 23/06/1917 Grave 6-B-33
2 Portrait Pte. Young, Samuel 28498 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 26/06/1917 Grave 6-B-23
Cemetery History