Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

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Nine Elms British Cemetery in Poperinge, Belgium is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery commemorating soldiers of World War I, including notable New Zealand rugby captain Dave Gallaher.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
access public
commemorates Commonwealth military personnel killed in World War I
commemoratesConflict World War I
containsGraveOf Dave Gallaher
containsGravesOf Australian forces
Canadian forces
Irish regiments
New Zealand forces
South African forces
United Kingdom forces
linked to: British forces

artillery units
infantry units
country Belgium
era First World War
linked to: World War I
hasAssociatedNation Australia
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
United Kingdom
hasAssociatedPersonRole New Zealand rugby captain (Dave Gallaher)
linked to: Dave Gallaher
hasAssociatedSportFigureBuried rugby union player
hasCommemorationType individual burials
hasDesignation war cemetery
hasFeature Cross of Sacrifice
Stone of Remembrance
uniform headstones
hasGraveType Commonwealth war graves
marked graves
hasLanguageOnHeadstones English
locatedIn Flanders
Poperinge
West Flanders
Western Front
locatedNear front-line medical and dressing stations (historical)
locatedOnContinent Europe
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
memorialType cemetery
near Ypres
notableBurial Dave Gallaher
operatedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
ownedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
regionServed Ypres Salient
usedBy British Army
Commonwealth forces

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Dave Gallaher burialPlace Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium