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Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. Dominion Cemetery is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.

Dominion Cemetery

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt was captured by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Division on the night of the 1st-2nd September 1918. Dominion Cemetery was made by Canadian units in September 1918, after the storming by the Canadian Corps of the Drocourt-Queant Line; Imperial Cemetery, to the West of the village, has now been removed to H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein. The grave of one Canadian airman was brought in after the Armistice from an isolated position some kilometres to the East.

Dominion Cemetery

There are now over 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a Canadian soldier believed to be buried among them.

Arthur George Knight, VC

The cemetery covers an area of 818 square metres and is enclosed by a flint and rubble wall.

Number of burials by Unit

15th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

47

16th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.)

34

14th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

30

13th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

20

Royal Garrison Artillery

11

29th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.)

9

3rd Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

8

27th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.)

7

19th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

6

21st Bn. Canadian Inf. (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

6

10th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.)

5

4th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

5

Canadian Engineers

5

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

5

1st Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.)

4

25th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Nova Scotia Regt.)

3

7th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.)

3

Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery

3

Royal Field Artillery

3

18th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.)

2

20th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

2

Canadian Garrison Artillery

2

22nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

1

2nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

1

8th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.)

1

Canadian Army Service Corps

1

Canadian Field Artillery

1

Royal Munster Fusiliers

1

Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials

226

Unidentified Burials

5

Total Burials

231

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited : Dominion Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt #WW1 #PasdeCalais Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. …

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The village of Caix is situated about 28 kilometres south-east of Amiens, midway between the N29, Amiens to St. Quentin road, and the D934, Amiens to Roye road. Caix British Cemetery is south of the village. From the centre of the village on the main road, D28, in the direction of Beaucourt en Santerre, turn left at the D41 in the direction of Le Quesnel. About 200 metres along this road is the local communal cemetery and the first CWGC signpost will be found. Turn left just before the local cemetery and follow the side road where the British Cemetery will be found on the right.

Caix British Cemetery

Caix was occupied by Commonwealth troops in March 1917, lost during the German advance in March 1918, and recaptured on 8 August 1918 by the Canadian Corps. Caix British Cemetery (called at first Caix New British Cemetery) was made after the Armistice when graves (mainly of March and August 1918) were brought in from the battlefields and from small cemeteries in the neighbourhood. The cemetery now contains 365 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 70 of them unidentified.

Caix British Cemetery

The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

Number of burials by Unit

31st Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.)

23

78th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.)

18

4th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

17

Canadian Field Artillery

15

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

14

Canadian Engineers

12

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

12

49th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.)

11

Australian Forces

9

Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force

9

Royal Army Medical Corps

8

22nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

8

24th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

8

Tank Corps

7

75th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

6

28th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regt.)

6

Royal Field Artillery

6

87th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

6

17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

6

85th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Nova Scotia Regt.)

6

Northamptonshire Regt.

5

25th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Nova Scotia Regt.)

4

10th (PWO Royal) Hussars

3

3rd Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

3

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

3

Gloucestershire Regt.

3

26th Bn. Canadian Inf. (New Brunswick Regt.)

3

Royal Army Service Corps

3

Durham Light Inf.

3

East Lancashire Regt.

3

18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars

2

10th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.)

2

50th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.)

2

5th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regt.)

2

Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derbys Regt.)

2

7th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.)

2

Rifle Brigade

2

Machine Gun Corps (Cav.)

2

47th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.)

2

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

2

42nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.)

2

19th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.)

1

4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars

1

11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars

1

4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

1

29th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.)

1

Canadian Army Service Corps

1

19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars

1

King’s Liverpool Regt.

1

South Lancashire Regt.

1

Royal Engineers

1

Royal Canadian Dragoons

1

North Staffordshire Regt.

1

North Somerset Yeomanry

1

Middlesex Regt.

1

Manchester Regt.

1

Machine Gun Corps (Inf.)

1

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1

5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales) Dragoon Guards

1

Essex Regt.

1

Dorsetshire Yeomanry

1

Cheshire Regt.

1

Canadian Royal Horse Artillery

1

Canadian Light Trench Mortar Bty.

1

Canadian Corps Military Police

1

Canadian Army Medical Corps

1

7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards

1

Leicestershire Yeomanry

1

Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials

290

Unidentified Burials

70

Total Burials

360

Caix British Cemetery The village of Caix is situated about 28 kilometres south-east of Amiens, midway between the N29, Amiens to St.

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Puisieux is a village 15 kilometres north of Albert and 26 kilometres south of Arras. The easiest way to reach the cemetery is to follow the D919 from Arras (sometimes indicated as N319), through the villages of Ayette, Bucquoy and Puisieux. Continue along this road, past the tiny village of Serre-les Puisieux, until you come to a large farm surrounded by tall poplar trees and adjacent to the large Serre Road Cemetery No.1. On your right, you will see a set of CWGC direction signs indicating the way to a group of small cemeteries and the Sheffield Memorial Park.

Queens Cemetery Puisieux is the second cemetery along the dirt track. It is situated in open fields facing the memorial park.

Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux

The village of Puisieux was taken by Commonwealth forces on the 28 February 1917, lost on the 26 March 1918 and recovered on the following 21 August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Somme and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries were made. Queens Cemetery (originally known as Queens V Corps Cemetery No 4) is on the old front line of July 1916, south of Mark Copse, one of four small plantations that were on or close behind the line between Serre and Hebuterne. The graves are of casualties of the 31st, 3rd and 19th Divisions who died in July and November 1916, and February 1917. There are now 311 First World War burials in the cemetery, 131 of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.

Number of burials by Unit

East Lancashire Regiment

50

York and Lancaster Regiment

46

Suffolk Regiment

19

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

18

West Yorkshire Regiment

13

East Yorkshire Regiment

13

Gordon Highlanders

12

King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

4

Worcestershire Regiment

4

Royal Scots Fusiliers

1

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

1

Identified burials

181

Unidentified burials

131

Total number of burials

312

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited: Queen's Cemetery, Puisieux #Somme #WW1 Puisieux is a village 15 kilometres north of Albert and 26 kilometres south of Arras. The easiest way to reach the cemetery is to follow the D919 from Arras (sometimes indicated as N319), through the villages of Ayette, Bucquoy and Puisieux.

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Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy and Puisieux and then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 600 metres further along the D919 there is a right hand turn onto a small lane which will take you directly to Luke Copse British Cemetery. It must, however, be emphasised that this lane is not suitable for cars and buses.

Luke Copse Cemetery

The village of Puisieux was taken by Commonwealth forces on the 28 February 1917, lost on the 26 March 1918 and recovered on the following 21 August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Somme and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries were made. Luke Copse British Cemetery (originally known as V Corps Cemetery No. 19) is on the old front line of July 1916. It is named from one of four small plantations that were on or close behind that line, between Serre and Hebuterne. The graves are of casualties of the 31st and 3rd Divisions, who died in attacks on 1 July and 13 November 1916. There are now 72 First World War burials in the cemetery, 28 of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.

Number of burials by Unit

Suffolk Regiment

18

York and Lancaster Regiment

14

East Yorkshire Regiment

10

King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

2

Identified burials

44

Unidentified burials

28

Total Number of burials

72

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited: Luke Copse Cemetery #Somme #WW1 Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy and Puisieux and then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras).

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Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. Courcelette British Cemetery, signposted in the village, is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track (suitable for cars) from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres.

Courcelette British Cemetery

The commune and the village of Courcelette were the scene of very heavy fighting in September 1916. On the 15th September 1916, the village was included in the extreme left of the Allied attack and was taken by the 2nd Canadian Division supported by tanks, with the 4th and 6th Brigades storming the outer trenches and the sugar factory, and the 5th Brigade seizing the village. It was destroyed by German artillery after its capture and remained very close to the front line until the German retreat in the following spring. The cemetery was begun in November 1916 (as Mouquet Road or Sunken Road Cemetery), and used until March 1917. The original 74 burials are now parts of Plot I, Rows A to F. On 25 March 1918, Courcelette passed into German hands, but was retaken on 24th August 1918.

Courcelette British Cemetery

The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when almost 2,000 graves were brought in, mostly those of men who died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916. There are now 1,970 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,180 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to nine casualties five believed to be buried among them.

Courcelette British Cemetery

The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

Courcelette British Cemetery

Number of Burials by Unit

Canadian burials

398

Australian burials

215

Royal Field Artillery

32

Royal Fusiliers

19

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

14

Dorsetshire Regiment

12

Northumberland Fusiliers

12

South Staffordshire Regiment

9

Cheshire Regiment

8

Royal Berkshire Regiment

7

Lancashire Fusiliers

5

Royal Engineers

5

King’s Liverpool Regiment

4

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

4

Manchester Regiment

4

Norfolk Regiment

4

Northamptonshire Regiment

4

Machine Gun Corps

3

Middlesex Regiment

3

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

3

East Surrey Regiment

2

East Yorkshire Regiment

2

Essex Regiment

2

Gordon Highlanders

2

Royal Scots – Lothian Regiment

2

Royal Sussex Regiment

2

Royal West Kent Regiment

2

Suffolk Regiment

2

Bedfordshire Regiment

1

Black Watch

1

Border Regiment

1

Queen’s – Royal West Surrey Regiment

1

Royal Army Medical Corps

1

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1

Royal Irish Rifles

1

Identified burials

788

Unidentified burials

1177

Total burials

1965

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited website: Courcelette British Cemetery #Somme #WW1 Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume.

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The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux, then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 600 metres further along the D919, there is a right turn onto a small lane which will take you directly to Serre Road No.3 Cemetery. It must, however, be emphasised that this lane is not suitable for cars and buses.

Serre Road No 3

The “Serre Road” was, in June 1916, the road leading out of Mailly-Maillet, in British hands, and entering No Man’s Land about 1,170 metres South-West of Serre, which was held by the Germans. The 31st and 4th Divisions attacked North and South of this road on the 1st July 1916; parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, but the attack failed. The 3rd and 31st Divisions renewed the attempt, without success, on the 11th November. The Germans evacuated Serre on the 24th February 1917, and the 22nd Manchesters entered the village on the following morning. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Ancre were cleared by the V Corps and a number of cemeteries made, three of which are named from the Serre Road. They fell into enemy hands on the 25th March 1918 but were recovered on the following 14th August.

Serre Road No 3

Serre Road Cemetery No. 3, was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917. There are now over 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four men who are known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 293 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.

Number of burials by Unit

West Yorkshire Regt.

17

East Lancashire Regt.

6

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

3

Royal Scots Fusiliers

2

East Yorkshire Regt.

1

Gordon Highlanders

1

King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

1

King’s Shropshire Light Inf.

1

Machine Gun Corps (Inf.)

1

Suffolk Regt.

1

York and Lancaster Regt.

1

Identified burials

35

Unidentified UK burials:

49

Total burials

84

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited: Serre Road No 3 Cemetery #Somme #WW1 The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux, then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras).

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Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is midway between Heninel and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. The village of Heninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt. From Rue de Wancourt, turn right to Rue de St Germain, then left at the fork for 800 metres, then right at the fork on road to Cherisy Road East Cemetery (CWGC signposted). 1 kilometre further on road access to a small track will be seen and Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is 120 metres along this track.

Cuckoo Passage Cemetery

Cuckoo Passage Cemetery (named from a trench which ran from north-east to south-west beside the site of the cemetery) was begun by a divisional burial officer in April 1917 and closed in May. The cemetery contains 54 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited: Cuckoo Passage Cemetery #Arras #WW1 Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is midway between Heninel and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. The village of Heninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt.

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Cherisy Road East Cemetery is east of the village of Heninel, between the roads to Cherisy and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. The village of Heninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt. From Rue de Wancourt, turn right on to Rue de St Germain, then left at the fork, and Cherisy Road East Cemetery is sited 800 metres further on, just after a right fork on the road to Cherisy. A CWGC signpost will be seen.

Cherisy Road East Cemetery

The village of Heninel was captured in a snowstorm on 12 April 1917 by the 56th (London) and 21st Division. The 50th (Northumbrian) Division, advancing from Heninel on the two following days, captured Wancourt Tower. Cherisy Road East Cemetery was made by the 30th and 33rd Division Burial Officers in April 1917. The cemetery contains 82 First World War burials, 19 of which are unidentified.

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited: Cherisy Road East Cemetery #Arras #WW1 Cherisy Road East Cemetery is east of the village of Heninel, between the roads to Cherisy and Fontaine-les-Croisilles.

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Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited - Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux #Arras #WW1 Fampoux is a village and commune in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north bank of the Scarpe, 7 kilometres east of Arras and 1.6 kilometres west of Roeux.

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Monchy-le-Preux is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north side of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D33). Monchy British Cemetery is nearly 2 kilometres west of the village down a 1-kilometre track.

Monchy British Cemetery

Monchy village, a relatively high and commanding position, was captured by Commonwealth forces on 11 April 1917. The cemetery was begun at once and continued in use as a front-line cemetery until the German offensive of March 1918, when it fell into their hands. It was recaptured by the Canadian Corps on 26 August and used again for a month. The graves are very closely identified with the divisions which fought on this front. There are now 581 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 58 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited - Monchy British Cemetery #Arras #WW1 Monchy-le-Preux is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north side of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D33).

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ANZAC Cemetery is on the north-west side of the road between Armentieres and Bethune, the D945, just north of the village Sailly-sur-la-Lys.

ANZAC Cemetery

Sailly Church was burnt during the open fighting of October 1914, when French cavalry and British and German infantry fought on the Lys, but from the winter of 1914-1915 to the spring of 1918 the village was comparatively untouched. It was captured by the Germans on 9 April 1918, and it remained in their hands until the beginning of September. Anzac Cemetery was begun by Australian units in July 1916, immediately before the Attack at Fromelles, and it contains the graves of many Australian soldiers who died in that engagement. It continued in use as a front-line cemetery until April 1918 and was used by German troops for the burial of Commonwealth soldiers during the following summer. Anzac Cemetery contains 320 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. 62 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to seven casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to three soldiers buried by the Germans in Sailly Churchyard whose graves could not be located. It also contains five Second World War burials and six German graves.

ANZAC Cemetery

The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

For #AnzacDay - Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited website : ANZAC Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys #PasdeCalais #WW1 ANZAC Cemetery is on the north-west side of the road between Armentieres and Bethune, the D945, just north of the village Sailly-sur-la-Lys.

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Grandcourt is a village about 12 kilometers north-east of Albert. Stump Road Cemetery (signposted in the center of the village) lies about one kilometer south of Grandcourt, some 500 meters along a single track lane (suitable for cars) off the road (D151) Grandcourt-Thiepval.

Stump Road Cemetery

Access to Stump Road Cemetery

Stump Road Cemetery

The village of Grandcourt was reached by men of the 36th (Ulster) Division on the 1st July 1916, but it could not be held. It was occupied by the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on the 7th February 1917, after a series of local attacks begun in November 1916; and Stump Road Cemetery was made by the 7th Buffs in the following month. There are now over 250, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over one-fifth are unidentified. All fell in the period of July 1916, to February 1917. The Cemetery covers an area of 399 square meters and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.

Number of burials by Unit

Queen’s – Royal West Surrey Regt.

57

Buffs – East Kent Regt.

31

Cheshire Regt.

28

Royal West Kent Regt.

21

Canadian burials

20

Border Regt.

14

York & Lancaster Regt.

8

Loyal North Lancashire Regt.

7

North Staffordshire Regt.

6

Worcestershire Regt.

5

South Lancashire Regt.

4

Norfolk Regt.

3

Royal Berkshire Regt.

3

Machine Gun Corps – Infantry

1

King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt.

1

East Surrey Regt.

1

Royal Irish Rifles

1

Royal Sussex Regt.

1

Ox. & Bucks. Light Infantry

1

Identified burials

213

Unidentified UK burials:

44

Unidentified Canadian burials:

4

Wholly Unidentified burials

2

Total Unidentified burials

50

Total burials

263

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited website: Stump Road Cemetery #WW1 #Somme Grandcourt is a village about 12 kilometers north-east of Albert. Stump Road Cemetery (signposted in the center of the village) lies about one kilometer south of Grandcourt, some 500 meters along a single track lane (suitable for cars) off the road (D151) Grandcourt-Thiepval.

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Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the Villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 700 metres further along the D919, turn left onto a small lane and continue for 1.4 kilometres. A CWGC signpost on the right-hand side will lead you to Redan Ridge cemeteries.

Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3

Redan Ridge was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 3 is among the old German front line trenches. There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, half are unidentified and 13 graves which were destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials. The great majority of these officers and men fell in November 1916 and belonged to the 2nd Division. The Cemetery covers an area of 283 square metres and its approach road 35 square metres. It is enclosed by a low rubble wall.

Number of burials by Unit

Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

13

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

6

Royal Fusiliers

5

Border Regiment

2

Highland Light Infantry

2

Dorsetshire Regiment

1

Essex Regiment

1

Hampshire Regiment

1

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1

Manchester Regiment

1

Unidentified

34

Total Number of burials

67

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Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 700 metres further along the D919, turn left onto a small lane and continue for 1.4 kilometres. A CWGC signpost on the right-hand side will lead you to Redan Ridge Cemeteries.

Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2

Redan Ridge lies to the North of Beaumont-Hamel village; it was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 2 is about 90 metres West of the old German front line. There are now over 250, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 100 are unidentified. All fell (with one exception) in July and November 1916, and belonged to the 4th, 29th and 2nd Divisions. The cemetery covers an area of 362 square metres and its approach road 104 square metres. It is enclosed by a low rubble wall.

Number of burials by Unit

Hampshire Regiment

57

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

1

Lancashire Fusiliers

22

King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1

East Lancashire Regiment

21

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1

Highland Light Infantry

21

Machine Gun Corps

1

Royal Fusiliers

9

Middlesex Regiment

1

Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

3

Royal Field Artillery

1

Somerset Light Infantry

3

Rifle Brigade

1

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

3

Worcestershire Regiment

1

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

2

York & Lancaster Regiment

1

Royal Scots

2

Border Regiment

1

Unidentified 124 Total number of burials 279

Silent Cities on WW1 Revisited website: Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2 #WW1 #Somme Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village.

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Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 700 metres further along the D919, turn left onto a small lane and continue for 1.4 kilometres. A CWGC signpost on the right-hand side will lead you to Redan Ridge cemeteries.

Redan Ridge No 1 Cemetery

Redan Ridge lies to the North of Beaumont-Hamel village; it was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge No.1 is on the top of the Ridge, midway between the old front lines. There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly half are unidentified. Most belonged (with few exceptions) to the 4th Division, which attacked between Beaumont-Hamel and Serre on the 1st July 1916, or to the 2nd, which gained ground here on the 13th November 1916. The cemetery covers an area of 508 square metres and its approach road 107 square metres. It is enclosed by a low wall.

Number of burials by Unit

Royal Fusiliers

21

Seaforth Highlanders

2

Rifle Brigade

17

Bedfordshire Regiment

1

Essex Regiment

7

Devonshire Regiment

1

Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

6

Dorsetshire Regiment

1

Somerset Light Infantry

6

King’s (Liverpool) Regiment

1

Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

3

Royal Scots

1

Gordon Highlanders

2

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1

Lancashire Fusiliers

2

South Staffordshire Regiment

1

Machine Gun Corps

2

Manchester Regiment

2

Northumberland Fusliers

2

Unidentified

74

Total Number of burials

154

Silent Cites on WW1 Revisited website: Redan Ridge Cemetery No 1 #Somme #WW1 Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village.

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St. Sever Cemetery Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. Coming from Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Take the fourth exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. If coming from station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D’Elbeuf, Quai Jean Moulin, Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jean Rondeaux, Av. De La Liberation, Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take the first exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. St Sever is part of Le Petit Quevilly. The first CWGC signpost is just when you get to the entrance of the cemetery.

St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross and one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension, where the last burial took place in April 1920. During the Second World War, Rouen was again a hospital centre and the extension was used once more for the burial of Commonwealth servicemen, many of whom died as prisoners of war during the German occupation. The cemetery extension contains 8,345 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and 328 from the Second World War (18 of them unidentified).

St Sever Cemetery Extension: Rev Theodore Hardy VC

The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Number of burials by Unit

Australian Forces

782

Royal Field Artillery

440

Royal Engineers

322

Royal Garrison Artillery

298

Canadian Forces

296

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.)

287

Indian Forces

270

Machine Gun Corps (Inf.)

249

Army Service Corps

208

Manchester Regt.

134

New Zealand Forces

132

Durham Light Inf.

125

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

120

Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derbys. Regt.)

113

West Yorkshire Regt.

106

King’s Liverpool Regt.

102

Royal Warwickshire Regt.

101

Lancashire Fusiliers

98

Gloucestershire Regt.

94

North Staffordshire Regt.

93

Cheshire Regt.

91

British West Indies Regt.

88

Royal Army Medical Corps

87

Rifle Brigade

85

South African Forces

85

Middlesex Regt.

84

Northamptonshire Regt.

83

Worcestershire Regt.

83

Northumberland Fusiliers

80

Royal Naval Division

79

King’s Own Yorkshire Light Inf.

74

Royal Berkshire Regt

73

Duke of Wellingtons (West Rding Regt)

72

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

69

Lincolnshire Regt

63

Essex Regt

62

Yorkshire Regt (Green Howards)

62

Welsh Regt

58

Devonshire Regt

57

Royal Sussex Regt

57

Royal Scots (Lothian Regt)

56

Royal Flying Corps/RAF

55

Gordon Highlanders

54

Loyal North Lancashire Regt

53

South Staffordshire Regt

53

York & Lancaster Regt

53

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

52

Queens (Royal West Surrey Regt)

51

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

50

Grenadier Guards

47

Ox & Bucks Light Inf

47

Bedfordshire Regt

46

Leicestershire Regt

45

Royal West Kent Regt (Queens Own)

45

Border Regt

44

Chinese Labour Corps

44

Kings Shropshire Light Inf

44

Royal Horse Artillery

44

Cameronians (Sco Rifles)

43

East Lancashire Regt

43

Highland Light Inf

43

South Wales Borderers

43

Suffolk Regt

42

King’s Own Scottish Borderers

41

Cameron Highlanders

40

Royal Army Service Corps

40

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

40

Buffs (East Kent Regt)

38

East Surrey Regt

38

Hampshire Regt

38

Somerset Light Inf

38

Norfolk Regt

37

Dorsetshire Regt

36

19th Bn London Regt (St Pancras)

35

Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt

35

Seaforth Highlanders

35

South Lancashire Regt

35

8th Bn London Regt (P.O. Rifles)

33

East Yorkshire Regt

33

Duke of Cornwalls Light Inf

32

Royal Irish Rifles

29

Coldstream Guards

26

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

26

Wiltshire Regt

26

7th Bn London Regt

22

Scots Guards

22

Royal Scots Fusiliers

20

Tank Corps

20

1st Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

19

Irish Guards

19

Labour Corps

16

Monmouthshire Regt

16

Hertfordshire Regt

15

Royal Irish Regt

14

Royal Munster Fusiliers

14

6th Bn London Regt (City of London Rifles)

13

Army Vetinary Corps

13

12th Bn London Regt (The Rangers)

12

4th Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

12

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

12

Cambridgeshire Regt

11

Royal Irish Fusiliers

11

Royal Newfoundland Regt

11

15th Bn London Regt (PWO Civil Service Rifles)

9

18th Bn London Regt (London irish Rifles)

9

21st Bn London Regt (1st Surrey Rifles)

9

2nd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

9

Army Cyclist Corps

9

Guards Machine Gun Regt

9

Military Police Corps

9

Welsh Guards

9

12th (POW Royal) Lancers

8

14th Bn London Regt (London Scottish)

8

20th Bn London Regt (Blackheath & Woolwich)

8

2nd (Queens Bays) Dragoon Guards

8

7th (Princess Royals) Dragoon Guards

8

9th Bn London Regt (Queen Victorias Rifles)

8

Connaught Rangers

8

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Canada)

8

13th Bn London Regt (Kensington)

7

3rd Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

7

4th (Queens Own) Hussars

7

5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards

7

6th (Caribiniers) Dragoon Guards

7

Honourable Artillery Coy

7

Leinster Regt

7

Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

7

10th Bn London Regt (Hackney)

6

16th Bn London Regt (Queens Westminster Rfiels)

6

22nd Bn London Regt (Queens)

6

24th Bn London Regt (Queens)

6

19th (Queen Alexandras Own Royal Hussars

5

20th Hussars

5

2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoons

5

Chaplain to the Forces

5

Fort Garry Horse

5

Machine Gun Corps (Cav)

5

Mercantile Marine

5

17th Bn London Regt (Poplar & Stepney Rifles)

4

5th Bn London Regt (London Rifle Brigade)

4

8th (Kings Royal Irish) Hussars

4

9th (Queens Royal ) Lancers

4

British Red Cross Society

4

Herefordshire Regt

4

Queen Mary Army Auxilliary Corps

4

11th (Prince Alberts Own ) Hussars

3

15th (The Kings) Hussars

3

16th (The Queens) Lancers

3

18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars

3

2/4th Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

3

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

3

Kings Edwards Horse

3

North Irish Horse

3

Royal Guernsey Light Inf

3

17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers

2

1st Life Guards

2

2/12th Bn London Regt (The Rangers)

2

2/8th Bn London Regt (P.O. Rifles)

2

28th Bn London Regt (Artists Rifles)

2

2nd Life Guards

2

4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

2

Lothian & Border Horse

2

Royal Horse Guards

2

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

2

Voluntary Aid Detachement

2

10th (POW Own Royal) Hussars

1

11th Bn London Regt (Finsbury Rifles)

1

2/14th Bn London Regt (London Scottish)

1

2/1st Bn London Regt (Royal Fusiliers)

1

2/5th Bn London Regt (London Rifle Brigade)

1

2/6th Bn London Regt (City of London Rifles)

1

21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers

1

23rd Bn London Regt

1

25th Bn London Regt (Cyclist Btn)

1

29th Bn London Regt

1

30th Bn London Regt

1

3rd (King’s Own) Hussars

1

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

1

Bedfordshire Yeomanry

1

Civilian

1

Egyptian Labour Corps

1

General List

1

Household Btn

1

Leicestershire Yeomanry

1

North Somerset Yeomanry

1

Northumberland Hussars

1

Queen Alexandrias Imperial Military Nursing Service

1

Reserve Cavalry Regt

1

Yorkshire Hussars

1

Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials

8332

Italian Labour Corps

4

Police Air Force

2

French Army

1

Czechoslovakian Army

1

WW2

310

Total known

8650

Unidentified Burials

28

Total Burials

8678

Silent Cities - WW1 Revisited website: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen #WW1 St. Sever Cemetery Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf.

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St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. Coming from Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Take the fourth exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. If coming from station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D’Elbeuf, Quai Jean Moulin, Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jan Rondeaux, Av. De La Liberation, Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take the first exit into Boulevard Stanislas Girardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. St. Sever is part of Le Petit Quevilly. The first CWGC signpost is just when you get to the entrance of the cemetery.

St Sever Cemetery, Rouen

During the First World War, Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross, one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension. St. Sever Cemetery contains 3,083 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

St Sever: Brig-Gen F.J. De Gex

St Sever: Dame Lucy Branfoot

St Sever: Edith Pearton YMCA

St Sever: Louisa Riggall

St Sever: F.B. Leighton

The Commonwealth plots were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Number of burials by Unit

Canadian Forces 131 Royal Field Artillery 128 Australian Forces 112 Northumberland Fusiliers 79 Indian Forces 76 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) 76 King’s Royal Rifle Corps 70 Manchester Regt. 67 Army Service Corps 65 King’s Liverpool Regt. 65 Royal Engineers 61 Middlesex Regt. 58 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Inf. 55 Durham Light Inf. 53 New Zealand Forces 51 Gordon Highlanders 48 West Yorkshire Regt. 47 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 46 Rifle Brigade 46 Leicestershire Regt. 45 Royal Warwickshire Regt. 42 Welsh Regiment 40 Gloucestershire Regt. 38 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 37 Cheshire Regt. 37 Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) 37 Bedfordshire Regt. 34 Border Regt. 33 Highland Light Inf. 33 Seaforth Highlanders 32 Northamptonshire Regt. 31 Devonshire Regt. 30 East Surrey Regt. 30 East Yorkshire Regt. 30 Royal Garrison Artillery 30 Suffolk Regt. 30 King’s Own Scottish Borderers 29 Royal Berkshire Regt. 29 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 29 Lincolnshire Regt. 27 Royal Army Medical Corps 27 Machine Gun Corps (Inf.) 26 Royal West Kent (Queen’s Own) 26 South Lancashire Regt. 26 Cameron Highlanders 25 Grenadier Guards 25 Lancashire Fusiliers 25 Worcestershire Regt. 25 Yorkshire Regt. (The Green Howards) 25 Buffs (East Kent Regt.) 24 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 24 Loyal North Lancashire Regt. 24 Norfolk Regt. 24 Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regt.) 23 Essex Regt. 23 Ox. & Bucks. Light Inf. 23 Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derbys. Regt.) 23 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regt.) 22 Royal Irish Rifles 22 Somerset Light Inf. 21 South Staffordshire Regt. 21 Coldstream Guards 19 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. 19 South African Forces 19 King’s Shropshire Light Inf. 18 Duke of Cornwall’s Light Inf. 17 Royal Irish Fusiliers 17 Royal Sussex Regt. 17 Royal Dublin Fusiliers 16 York & Lancaster Regt. 15 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 14 Royal Scots Fusiliers 14 East Lancashire Regt. 13 South Wales Borderers 13 19th Bn. London Regt. (St. Pancras) 12 Hampshire Regt. 12 Royal Munster Fusiliers 11 Irish Guards 11 Leinster Regt. 11 Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force 10 Royal Irish Regiment 10 14th Bn. London Regt. (London Scottish) 9 17th Bn. London Regt. (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) 9 23rd Bn. London Regt. 9 Connaught Rangers 9 Royal Horse Artillery 8 Scots Guards 8 12th Bn. London Regt. (The Rangers) 7 9th Bn. London Regt. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) 7 Dorsetshire Regt. 7 North Staffordshire Regt. 7 Wiltshire Regt. 7 15th Bn. London Regt. (PWO Civil Service Rifles) 6 16th Bn. London Regt. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) 6 21st Bn. London Regt. (First Surrey Rifles) 6 6th Bn. London Regt. (City of London Rifles) 6 7th Bn. London Regt. 6 8th Bn. London Regt. (Post Office Rifles) 6 20th Bn. London Regt. (Blackheath & Woolwich) 5 24th Bn. London Regt. (The Queen’s) 5 2nd Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) 5 5th Bn. London Regt. (London Rifle Brigade) 5 Army Veterinary Corps 5 Monmouthshire Regt. 5 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 5 Royal Newfoundland Regt. 5 28th Bn. London Regt. (Artists’ Rifles) 4 Hertfordshire Regt. 4 13th Bn. London Regt. (Kensington) 3 18th Bn. London Regt. (London Irish Rifles) 3 2/10th Bn. London Regt. (Hackney) 3 4th Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) 3 Labour Corps 3 Royal Naval Division 3 Welsh Guards 3 15th (The King’s) Hussars 2 1st Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) 2 1st Life Guards 2 2nd (Queen’s Bays) Dragoon Guards 2 3rd (Prince of Wales’) Dragoon Guards 2 6th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards 2 Cambridgeshire Regt. 2 Chaplain to the Forces 2 North Somerset Yeom. 2 Royal Marine Light Inf. (Royal Naval Division) 2 Royal Wiltshire Yeom. 2 Voluntary Aid Detachment 2 10th (POW Royal) Hussars 1 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars 1 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers 1 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers 1 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars 1 1st (Royal) Dragoons 1 2/21st Bn. London Regt. (First Surrey Rifles) 1 2/4th Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) 1 22nd Bn. London Regt. (The Queen’s) 1 2nd Life Guards 1 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars 1 3rd Bn. London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) 1 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars 1 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 1 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 1 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars 1 Army Cyclist Corps 1 Army Pay Dept. 1 British Red Cross Society 1 Church Army 1 Civilian 1 French Army 1 Herefordshire Regt. 1 Household Bn. 1 Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Canada) 1 Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 1 Mercantile Marine 1 Military Police Corps 1 Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1 Royal Army Service Corps 1 Royal Horse Guards 1 South Irish Horse 1 Special List 1 Sussex Yeom. 1 Tank Corps 1 West Kent Yeom. (Queen’s Own) 1 YMCA 1 Identified Burials 3083 Unidentified Burials 2 Total Burials 3085

Silent Cities - WW1 Revisited website: St Sever Cemetery, Rouen #WW1 St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf.

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