5-407: Lone Tree Cemetery may refer to: Lone Tree Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery , Ypres, Belgium Lone Tree Cemetery, Fairview, California Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lone Tree Cemetery . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-449: A series of mines under the German lines. It was charged with 91,000 pounds (41,000 kg) of ammonal and set 88 feet (27 m) below ground, at the end of a gallery 1,710 feet (520 m) long. When detonated on 7 June 1917, its blast formed the "Lone Tree Crater" with a diameter of 250 feet (76 m) and a depth of 40 feet (12 m). The crater at Lone Tree was acquired in 1929 by
15-799: Is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front in Belgium. It is located at Spanbroekmolen , on one of the highest points of the Messines Ridge . Like the Spanbroekmolen cemetery nearby, Lone Tree Cemetery was established in 1917 at the start of the Battle of Messines . Most of the burials are of men from
20-563: The Royal Irish Rifles 36th (Ulster) Division who died on the first day of the battle. Most graves are of soldiers who went "over the top" early in the morning of 7 June 1917. Some of the men buried here were actually killed by the explosion of the mine placed by the British Royal Engineers under Lone Tree hill at Spanbroekmolen, which was blown around 15 seconds later than planned. The Spanbroekmolen mine formed part of
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