Foundation
"Duhallow" is believed to be derived from a south Ireland hunt name. The position, north of Ypres, was used as an Advanced Dressing Station (a first aid post set back from the main front but within easy reach of it) for Commonwealth troops in the area. This led to the establishment of the cemetery for those who did not survive; this cemetery was expanded by the addition of the dead from nearby Casualty Clearing Stations at the front line itself.
Additionally, there are graves for the men of the 13th Company Labour Corps who were killed by a German aircraft bombing a Commonwealth ammunition truck.
The cemetery was further expanded after the armistice by the concentration of isolated graves. Stones in the cemetery commemorate the men buried in the nearby Malakoff Farm and Fusilier Wood cemeteries, which were destroyed by shelling.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Read more about this topic: Duhallow ADS Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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