During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces.
From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places. The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, a few of which were brought in from the battlefields after the Armistice, and 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German. It is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium. There are 5 Special Memorial headstones to men known to be buried in this cemetery, these are located together alongside Plot 32 near the Stone of Remembrance. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Lijssenthoek is marked No.73 near Poperinge (centre, left)
These numbers all refer to Commonwealth War Grave Cemeteries/Memorials on the Ypres Salient. It is a staggering number - yet this pattern is repeated down through the Western Front into France.
Queen Street, Ellesmere Port - the section of the M53 adjacent to Christchurch runs along where Queen Street once stood.
Casualty Details
| Name: | ROSE, ISAAC |
| Initials: | I |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Serjeant |
| Regiment/Service: | Cheshire Regiment |
| Unit Text: | "Z" Coy. 15th Bn. |
| Age: | 29 |
| Date of Death: | 30/09/1918 |
| Service No: | 26361 |
| Additional information: | Son of John William and Edith Rose, of 11, Queen St., Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. |
| Casualty Type: | Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial Reference: | XXIV. G. 25. |
| Cemetery: | LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY |
Certificate
In Memory of
Serjeant ISAAC ROSE
26361, "Z" Coy. 15th Bn., Cheshire Regiment
who died age 29
on 30 September 1918
Son of John William and Edith Rose, of 11, Queen St., Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
Remembered with honour
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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