| 词条 | Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery |
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|name= Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery |body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission |image= Spanbroekmolen British CWGC Cemetery 3039168242.jpg |use_dates= 1917 |established= 1917 |designer= J R Truelove |coordinates= {{coord|50|46|43|N|02|52|01|E|}} |nearest_town= Wijtschate, Heuvelland, Belgium |total= 58 |by_country=Allied Powers:
|by_war= World War I: 58 |source= and CWGC }} Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium. It is located at Spanbroekmolen, on one of the highest points of the Messines Ridge. FoundationThe cemetery, named after a nearby windmill,[1] was established in summer 1917. It mainly contains burials from the first day of the Battle of Messines, plus one from the day after.[2] As in Lone Tree War Cemetery nearby, many of those buried here were from the 36th (Ulster) Division. The cemetery was destroyed in later fighting and was reconstructed after the Armistice.[3] Six graves could not be located and a "special memorial" notes the names of the men whose graves were not found.[2] Some of the men buried here were killed by the force of the explosion of a mine placed by the British Royal Engineers.[4] The mine at Spanbroekmolen, which formed part of a series of mines under the German lines, was charged with {{convert|91000|lb|kg}} of ammonal and set {{convert|88|ft|m}} below ground, at the end of a gallery {{convert|1710|ft|m}} long.{{sfn|Edmonds|1948|p=53}} When detonated around 15 seconds later than planned at the start of the battle on 7 June 1917, its blast formed a crater with a diameter of {{convert|250|ft|m}} and a depth of {{convert|40|ft|m}},{{sfn|Edmonds|1948|p=53}} destroying the German trenches and throwing communications into turmoil.[5] The explosion crater, now filled with water, still exists and is called "Spanbroekmolenkrater" or "Lone Tree Crater".[6] It was acquired in 1929 by the Toc H foundation in Poperinge, today recognised as the "Pool of Peace".[7][8]{{sfn|Holt|Holt|2014|pp=192–193}} The cemetery was designed by J. R. Truelove.[3] The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.[9] References1. ^WW1Cemeteries.com, accessed 31 August 2009 2. ^1 wo1.be, accessed 31 August 2009 3. ^1 Cemetery register, accessed 31 August 2009 4. ^Michael Duffy FirstWorldWar.com, accessed 31 August 2009 5. ^Great War 1914-1918, accessed 31 August 2009 6. ^Michael Duffy FirstWorldWar.com, accessed 31 August 2009 7. ^Photo gallery: Battle of Messines Ridge, access date 16 February 2015. 8. ^Messines, access date 16 February 2015. 9. ^First World War, accessed 19 August 2006 External links
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