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Lancashire Cottage Cemetery

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Lancashire Cottage Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1914–1916
Established1914
Location50°43′45″N 02°53′52″E / 50.72917°N 2.89778°E / 50.72917; 2.89778
near 
Designed byCharles Holden
Total burials269
Burials by nation
Burials by war

Lancashire Cottage Cemetery is a British military cemetery for victims of the First World War, located in the Belgian village of Ploegsteert. The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]

It holds the remains of several Royal Scots Fusiliers casualties.[2]

References

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  1. ^ mondial, UNESCO Centre du patrimoine. "Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (Belgique)". UNESCO Centre du patrimoine mondial (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. ^ Special Correspondent (October 22, 1923). "War Graves of Royal Scots Fusiliers". The Glasgow Herald. Vol. 141, no. 253. p. 6. {{cite news}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
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