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Oxford Road Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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The cemetery, named after the nickname of a nearby road behind the trenches, was established as two cemeteries. The first was laid down in August 1917. The second, nearby, was begun in 1917. After the
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is buried in this cemetery. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for valour on 4 October 1917 at
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Belgium
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Entrance marker
50°52′08″N 02°55′00″E / 50.86889°N 2.91667°E / 50.86889; 2.91667
Ypres
West Flanders
Belgium
Reginald Blomfield
Allies of World War I
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
Central Powers
Germany
World War I
WO1.be
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
First World War
Ypres
Belgium
Western Front
United Kingdom
Albert I of Belgium
British Empire
Belgium

armistice
Reginald Blomfield
South African

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