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Friday, 13 January 2012 20:35

Gordon Cemetery, Mametz

 

The Gordon Cemetery contains a total of 97 graves of which 94 are of men of the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, of the 7th Division.  They were killed on 1 July 1916 and buried in their own support trench in a double semi-circle around the Cross of Sacrifice.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Friday, 13 January 2012 20:20

Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz

The Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz was started by the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment on July 4, 1916 when following their offensive on July 1 they buried their dead in a portion of what had been their own front line.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Friday, 13 January 2012 20:13

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz

 

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery was begun in July 1916.  It was used by Field Ambulances and fighting units until the following November.  At the Armistice the cemetery consisted of 183 graves, but it was then increased by the concentration of 1,782 additional graves to bring it to its final total of 1,965 graves.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Monday, 24 October 2011 20:09

38th (Welsh) Division Memorial, Mametz

On July 1, 1987 the South Wales Branch of the Western Front Association unveiled the magnificent memorial to the 38th (Welsh) Division near Mametz Wood. 

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Monday, 24 October 2011 19:56

Brothers killed in action

There are three pairs of brothers buried in Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz.  In all three cases, the brothers were serving with the same unit and were killed on the same day.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Monday, 24 October 2011 19:41

Captain Charles Edward Piercy Henderson, MC

The grave of Captain Charles Edward Piercy Henderson, MC, Royal Field Artillery, is located in Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Monday, 24 October 2011 18:56

Corporal Edward Dwyer, VC

The grave of Corporal Edward Dwyer, VC, is located in Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz.  Corporal Dwyer served with the 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment and was killed on 3 September 1916, aged 20.  Corporal Dwyer also received the Cross of St George (Russia). 

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Sunday, 23 October 2011 17:06

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

Flatiron Copse Cemetery at Mametz contains the graves of 1,520 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 30 from New Zealand, 17 from Australia, and one from South Africa.  There are 416 unnamed graves.  Special memorials are erected to 36 soldiers from the United Kingdom thought to be buried among them.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:52

7th Division Memorial, Mametz

The 7th Division Memorial at Mametz has been erected by the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch of the Western Front Association.

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
Sunday, 16 October 2011 20:14

Mametz from the southwest

The village of Mametz from the southwest. 

Published in Fricourt and Mametz
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