Elverdinge
Village in West Flanders, Belgium
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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.
