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Derry House # 2 Military Cemetery
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- Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix A340
- Taken on 2006/05/17 14:35:12
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- Focal Length: 5.70mm
- F/Stop: f/5.600
- ISO Speed: ISO100
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Steve Arnold, on April 25, 2007, said:
Wytschaete (now Wijtschate) was taken by the Germans early in November 1914. It was recovered by Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, but fell into German hands once more on 16 April 1918. The village was recovered for the last time on 28 September. Derry House Cemetery (there is now only one) was begun in June 1917 by the 11th Division (32nd Brigade). It was used as a front line cemetery until December 1917, and again in October 1918 by the 2nd London Scottish. Derry House Cemetery No 2 contains 163 First World War burials. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.