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Friday, 13 January 2012 23:01

Martinpuich British Cemetery

Martinpuich British Cemetery was begun in November 1916 and used by fighting units and Field Ambulances until June 1917, and again at the end of August 1918.

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
Saturday, 21 May 2011 18:43

Peake Wood Cemetery, Contalmaison

Peake Wood was the name given by the Army to a copse on the south east side of the road to Contalmaison.  Peake Wood fell into British hands on 5 July, 1916. 

Published in Contalmaison

Contalmaison Château Cemetery contains the graves of 264 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 21 from Australia, four from Canada.  There are 45 unnamed graves.  A special memorial is erected to a soldier from Australia known to buried among them.

Published in Contalmaison
Friday, 20 May 2011 19:24

Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison

The Sunken Road from which this cemeteries is named is part of the Contalmaison to Pozières road.  The site was formerly wooded.  Sunken Road Cemetery is in the Bois Défrichés.  The cemetery was made during July to October 1916.

Published in Contalmaison
Sunday, 30 January 2011 17:11

Gordon Dump Cemetery, La Boiselle

Gordon Dump Cemetery near La Boiselle contains the graves of 1,676 Allied soldiers of whom 1,053 (63%) are unknown.

Published in Ovillers, La Boisselle

Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump) is situated by the side of the Albert to Hamel road at the northern boundary of Aveluy Wood in the village of Mesnil-Martinsart.

Published in Thiepval
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