In Memory of
HEDLEY JOHN STARLING
Gunner
195152
"L" Bty. 15th Bde., Royal Horse Artillery
who died on
Sunday, 12th August 1917. Age 29.
Additional Information:
Native of Kelling, Norfolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starling; husband of Margaret A.
Starling, of 49, Mount St., Diss. Native of Norwich.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
BLEUET FARM CEMETERY, ELVERDINGHE, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
I. C. 22.
Location:
The cemetery is located to the north west of the town of Ieper near a village called
Elverdinge, this is on the N8 road between Ieper and Veurne, 3 kilometres from Ieper.
Driving into the village from Ieper go to the traffic lights and turn right, this street
is
called Steenstraat, and after 50 metres follow the street to the right, called
Boezingsestraat. The cemetery is 500 metres along this street on the left hand side.
Historical Information:
Bleuet Farm was a Dressing Station during the Flanders Offensive, 1917. The Cemetery, in
a corner of the farm, was in use from June to December 1917, though a few of the graves
in Plot II are of later date. Two of the graves were moved after the Armistice from
isolated positions close by. There are now over 400, 1914-18 and a small number of
1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The cemetery covers an area of 2,118
square metres.
Copyright The Commonwealth War Graves Commission