Elverdinge

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The Saint-Peter and Paul Church

Elverdinge is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The village is part of the municipality of Ypres (Dutch: leper). [1]

In World War I, the village was part of the Ypres Salient, a bulge in the front lines around Ypres in WWI, created in late 1914 after the front stabilised and the Allied and German armies dug in around the town. [2]

There are 5 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries in Elverdinge:

  • Bleuet Farm Cemetery
  • Canada Farm Cemetery
  • Ferme-Olivier Cemetery
  • Hagle Dump Cemetery
  • Hospital Farm Cemetery.

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ieper Municipality". Alda Europe. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  2. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (n.d.). The Ypres Salient [PDF]. Retrieved from https://web.viu.ca/davies/H482.WWI/CWGC.Ypres%20Salient.pdf

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