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There are now over 400 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in Y Ravine Cemetery comprising 328 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 38 from Newfoundland. There are 151 unknown graves in the cemetery, 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203775) There are now over 400 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in Y Ravine Cemetery comprising 328 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 38 from Newfoundland. There are 151 unknown graves in the cemetery, 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203775)

Y Ravine Cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917, when the battlefields around Beaumont-Hamel were cleared.

Y Ravine Cemetery was called originally Y Ravine Cemetery No. 1; No. 2 cemetery was concentrated after the Armistice into Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel.

There are now over 400 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in Y Ravine Cemetery comprising 328 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 38 from Newfoundland. There are 151 unknown graves in the cemetery.

Special memorials are erected to 53 soldiers (or sailors or Marines) from the United Kingdom and eight from Newfoundland, known or believed to be buried among them.

Y Ravine Cemetery covers an area of 1,166 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.  The cemetery is located within Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park.

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