Berks Cemetery Extension

Berks Cemetery Extension is a military cemetery in Comines-Warneton, Belgium, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The site holds about 880 graves of service personnel from Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, along with a memorial for over 11,000 additional fallen without identified burial places.

The cemetery was established in 1916 as an extension to the nearby Hyde Park Corner Cemetery. During the 1930s, additional graves were transferred here from Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery, and the grounds were expanded.

The cemetery's name reflects the local landscape where it was created. Visitors can observe how the grounds are maintained as a place of remembrance, where people from different nations are honored equally.

The cemetery is freely accessible at any time and welcomes quiet walks through its grounds. Visitors will find detailed information available on-site about each grave and the soldiers buried there.

The site holds graves of both Commonwealth and German service personnel, showing that the dead from both sides of the conflict rest here. This makes it a place where all fallen soldiers are remembered equally, crossing national boundaries.

Location: Comines-Warneton

Inception: April 1915

Architects: Harold Chalton Bradshaw

Part of: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

Website: https://cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/9102/berks-cemetery-extension

GPS coordinates: 50.73806,2.88200

Latest update: December 9, 2025 20:26