BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Bellacourt-Riviere
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Bellacourt is a village in the commune of Riviere, in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 10 kilometres south-west of Arras. Visitors should take the N25, Arras to Doullens main road, as far as Beaumetz les Loges. Take the D34 to Riviere, fork right onto the D7, still in the direction of Riviere, and then turn left to the cemetery as indicated by the CWGC sign.
The cemetery was begun by French troops in October 1914, and carried on by the 46th (North Midland), 55th (West Lancashire), 58th (London), 49th (West Riding) and other Divisions, and later by the Canadian Corps, from February 1916, to September 1918; and the French plot was increased in 1923 by concentrations from other cemeteries. The 16 American graves of July and August, 1918 (all but one of which belonged to the 320th Regiment) have been removed to another place of burial.
Shot at Dawn: Private L. De Lisle, 22nd Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, executed for desertion 21/05/1918, plot 2. J. 6.
Casualty Details: UK 259, Canada 173, Germany 1, France 116, Total Burials: 549
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